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"For the last seventy years, we have lived in an era of improving computer hardware and software." True for hardware, definitely not true for software. See Wi
by ldx1024 3y ago
"For the last seventy years, we have lived in an era of improving computer hardware and software."
True for hardware, definitely not true for software. See Wirth's Law.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law
As others have pointed out, the article also ignores the obvious impact that AI is going to have on software. By themselves these two errors void the validity of this article without even looking at any of its other claims.
- cubefox 3y agoI agree on AI, but Wirth's Law only says that software doesn't get faster. It doesn't deny that it gets better overall.
- ldx1024 3y agoThe article is painting a picture that equates improvement rate of software to that of hardware, where in reality it is not even close in any reasonable view. And saying that software is getting better overall is a highly dubious claim.