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Gardens have elements that are impossible to control so gardeners have to deal with randomness. With code, there is no randomness, the outcome of a piece of so
by heat_miser 15y ago
Gardens have elements that are impossible to control so gardeners have to deal with randomness. With code, there is no randomness, the outcome of a piece of software will be exactly what people have written, down to the microcode, it is completely predictable.
In many ways software engineers are more engineers than civil, because we completely control our environment.
Maybe your organization is out of control, but your code is not.
- pavel_lishin 15y ago> With code, there is no randomness, ... unless your software deals with input from humans. > the outcome of a piece of software will be exactly what people have written, down to the microcode, it is completely predictable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_Beaver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_Beaver