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The upside is that having to tweak things every 5 years (say) will probably make it less likely that things will just work for decades, until they collapse in a
by rodgerd 7y ago
The upside is that having to tweak things every 5 years (say) will probably make it less likely that things will just work for decades, until they collapse in a screaming heap.
- Avamander 7y agoIt feels to me that a system that doesn't tolerate massive technical debt is a better system. I think the same phenomena exists with Linux and dynamic linking. Linux is incredibly less crufty than Windows because userspace compatibility isn't so long-lasting, APIs can be deprecated, garbage removed.