top | item 44005775 (no title) eblume | 9 months ago Software is written with a context, and the context degrades. It must be renewed. It rots, sorry. discuss order hn newest igouy|9 months ago You said it's the context that rots. bayindirh|9 months ago It's a matter of perspective, I guess...When you look from the program's perspective, the context changes and becomes unrecognizable, IOW, it rots.When you look from the context's perspective, the program changes by not evolving and keeping up with the context, IOW, it rots.Maybe we anthropomorphize both and say "they grow apart". :) load replies (1)
igouy|9 months ago You said it's the context that rots. bayindirh|9 months ago It's a matter of perspective, I guess...When you look from the program's perspective, the context changes and becomes unrecognizable, IOW, it rots.When you look from the context's perspective, the program changes by not evolving and keeping up with the context, IOW, it rots.Maybe we anthropomorphize both and say "they grow apart". :) load replies (1)
bayindirh|9 months ago It's a matter of perspective, I guess...When you look from the program's perspective, the context changes and becomes unrecognizable, IOW, it rots.When you look from the context's perspective, the program changes by not evolving and keeping up with the context, IOW, it rots.Maybe we anthropomorphize both and say "they grow apart". :) load replies (1)
igouy|9 months ago
bayindirh|9 months ago
When you look from the program's perspective, the context changes and becomes unrecognizable, IOW, it rots.
When you look from the context's perspective, the program changes by not evolving and keeping up with the context, IOW, it rots.
Maybe we anthropomorphize both and say "they grow apart". :)