How complicated should it need to be ?

[petemoore]

  Only as complicated as the simplest thing that works the way you want it to needs to be.

[Earthscum]

Or at least within a range of acceptable stability, in some circuits.

[merlinb]

Does this also apply to written English?

[artifus]

Deep Simplicity

[frequencycentral]

Does this also apply to written English?

I see what you did there. 

[Gurner]

Does this also apply to written English?

lol...I have to read some posts a good few times & then just shake my head knowing full well I'll never understand.

[deadastronaut]

i concur...

[R.G.]

Remember both Occam's Razor, paraphrased as:"simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones"

And Einstein's Razor, paraphrased as: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."