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No, “the purpose of a system is what it does” implies that the original intent of the creators of a system was for it to become corrupted.
by chongli 1y ago
No, “the purpose of a system is what it does” implies that the original intent of the creators of a system was for it to become corrupted.
- arrowsmith 1y agoThat's one way to read the literal meaning of the words, but it's not what the phrase means as originally intended.
- chongli 1y agoRight, but then we apply the phrase to itself and this is what we get!