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grandalf · 2015-05-05 · Original thread
Chapter 1 of the below book is all about coupling in systems, and illustrates how coupling leads to significantly more system complexity:

http://www.amazon.com/Event-Based-Programming-Taking-Events-...

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http://en.bookfi.org/s/?q=taking+events+to+the+limit&t=0

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