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to write is different from to rewrite but c'mon. I'm referring to the fact that code can be made into libraries, or APIs if you're so keen on collecting rent

to write is different from to rewrite but c'mon. I'm referring to the fact that code can be made into libraries, or APIs if you're so keen on collecting rent and then as a digital asset, the library can be copied and distributed, hence code can be written once (one team writes it) then everybody else can use it with no additional cost, (again, unless you actually want to tax/collect-rent from other people, then you make up this additional cost)

pdimitar 3y ago
> to write is different from to rewrite Only if you use dictionary meanings of words. Otherwise it really is not different. 99.99% of all meaningful code is not gotten right on the first try. As said above, you have to iterate on it. > I'm referring to the fact that code can be made into libraries, or APIs if you're so keen on collecting rent Name one library -- that is NOT just a network client for a paid SaaS service -- and then maybe I'll understand what point you're trying to make. And even if you find one, they are a vanishingly small, undetectable, minority.
- BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
  they're an endangered species, so to say... you should learn about systems software... they may be 'vanishingly small' but they're there in the foundations of the entire computing stack. done once, a long time ago, and used by all ever since. just the most basics: but there are (sadly were) more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glibc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glibc
  - pdimitar 3y ago
    And they get updated all the time actually, what's your point? They're not written in stone. They still change and evolve.
    - BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
      my point is that I refuse to adjust my expectations to a technological environment in which we are ok with having to pay per API call to use software. I reject a future in which all software works as a subscription based service; this is just more taxes (in principle) I see society going down this path and there are no good reasons for this at all (it is just double then triple then mutliplefold taxation on activity; and what for? so that few lucky persons collect rent forever?).
      - pdimitar 3y ago
        OK, I don't disagree. But at the same time I see zero connection with the topic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

pdimitar 3y ago

> to write is different from to rewrite Only if you use dictionary meanings of words. Otherwise it really is not different. 99.99% of all meaningful code is not gotten right on the first try. As said above, you have to iterate on it. > I'm referring to the fact that code can be made into libraries, or APIs if you're so keen on collecting rent Name one library -- that is NOT just a network client for a paid SaaS service -- and then maybe I'll understand what point you're trying to make. And even if you find one, they are a vanishingly small, undetectable, minority.

BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
they're an endangered species, so to say... you should learn about systems software... they may be 'vanishingly small' but they're there in the foundations of the entire computing stack. done once, a long time ago, and used by all ever since. just the most basics: but there are (sadly were) more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glibc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glibc
- pdimitar 3y ago
  And they get updated all the time actually, what's your point? They're not written in stone. They still change and evolve.
  - BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
    my point is that I refuse to adjust my expectations to a technological environment in which we are ok with having to pay per API call to use software. I reject a future in which all software works as a subscription based service; this is just more taxes (in principle) I see society going down this path and there are no good reasons for this at all (it is just double then triple then mutliplefold taxation on activity; and what for? so that few lucky persons collect rent forever?).
    - pdimitar 3y ago
      OK, I don't disagree. But at the same time I see zero connection with the topic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯