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> It's a massive chicken-and-egg problem This was known since the incipit, still we moved on <facepalm/>. > And so the kinda-working status quo makes moving t
by pif 3y ago
> It's a massive chicken-and-egg problem
This was known since the incipit, still we moved on <facepalm/>.
> And so the kinda-working status quo makes moving to the properly-working system much harder.
It's called evolution: there is no "properly-working system" unless it works at every stage. If it is at disadvantage in an intermediate stage, it will never be selected.
- the_real_cher 3y agoI don't know how accurate this is. I don't think there's any evidence that things have to be evolved in the tech world. paradigm shifts happen all the time.
- pif 3y agoNew paradigms happen from time to time. Paradigm shifts are rare, though. Look, all the good of OOP has not obliterated C. All the excellence of functional programming has not even made a dent in OOP adoption. Hell, COBOL is still running fine! Paradigm adoption is a matter of evolution: the fittest survives. When IPv6 will offer an immediate advantage to its users, people will switch to it. Until then, it is confined to those companies who are betting on it, other companies who have some spare money and prefer to spend it rather than have it taxed, and the stereotypical nerds who haven't anything more interesting to ponder about.
- the_real_cher 3y agoYou named some examples of non-paradigm shifts which also exist but there are plenty of examples of paradigm shifts. TCP/IP for example. LLM's. The Iphone. CRISPR. I could go on. My point is paradigm shifts happen quite often. Evolution happens as well but is by no means the ONLY way as you're claiming.