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"For instance, before introducing a new procedure they would need to eliminate an old one." If someone wrote a tech article suggesting that companies should re
by tqi 9y ago
"For instance, before introducing a new procedure they would need to eliminate an old one."
If someone wrote a tech article suggesting that companies should require removal of a line of code for every new line introduced, do you think that article would make it to front page of HN?
- savanaly 9y agoFor the analogy you're drawing to really hold, we have to picture a computer where the bytes get a lot of work done on their own and our code merely exists to slow down and redirect their efforts (in other words, a negative and a possible positive). If you were concerned with the fast, efficient operation of the computer then you might indeed want a rule like "one in, one out" for lines of code.
- RugnirViking 9y agoWhen space was limited in game cartridges in the past I can imagine such a rule actually existing in a real buisness setting. One line of code in, one line of code out. That would lead to some really weird software, and it would take longer, but it would probably improve the software in some metrics like performance