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> Code, on the other hand, is a social constrution but entirely confined in an abstract and mathematical world. Brian Cantrill had a good observation in a 2007
by throw0101a 6y ago
> Code, on the other hand, is a social constrution but entirely confined in an abstract and mathematical world.
Brian Cantrill had a good observation in a 2007 Google TechTalk introducing Dtrace:
> In software the blueprints are the machine. In software once you design the thing you've built it: the design is the machine. That's why the waterfall model is so fundamentally flawed. This idea that you could design the design before you design it, which is what the waterfall model is essentially saying, is flawed. Software is both, it's both information and machine. (@3m40s)
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6chLw2aodYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6chLw2aodYQ
I originally ran across it on Google Video:
* http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8002801113289007228 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8002801113289007228