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Communicating using a protocol from the 90ies, using a network stack from the 80ies, running an CPU architecture from the 70ies. Being old and being unsuitable
by blueflow 2y ago
Communicating using a protocol from the 90ies, using a network stack from the 80ies, running an CPU architecture from the 70ies.
Being old and being unsuitable for its purpose are orthogonal.
- exe34 2y agowe still use roads and wheels, which are positively antique.
- Aerbil313 2y agoI disagree. While some amount of stability is a precursor to usability, it does hold us back from progress. I posit we hit a [complexity] ceiling and we need to do a clean rewrite. Maybe hardware guys in the back can't, but we software people surely can.
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- blueflow 2y agoYou are not disagreeing with me.
- Aerbil313 2y agoYeah, sorry for not expressing this clearly: I believe software also ages with literal time. Because the real world changes, and software ultimately runs in the real world. Being old and being unfit for its purpose are pretty much linked when it comes to software.