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Software is not like "building a house" and is not like a sculpture and is not like a cake because software is (mostly) notional not physical.

• danparsonson 1y ago
  Yeah the point is about design philosophy. The physicality or not is irrelevant.
  • igouy 1y ago
    Demonstrate that is so. Provide examples that are not physical.
    • danparsonson 1y ago
      No. You just don't understand what I'm talking about.
      • igouy 1y ago
        Perhaps if you talked about software instead of house-building, sculpture, cakes …
• hackable_sand 1y ago
  I don't see the difference. Could you explain how the physical attributes change the analogies?
  • igouy 1y ago
    The physical constraints govern the development processes described in the analogies. The process for software is not constrained in that way.
  • fragmede 1y ago
    I can use simple find and replace to change a variable name. If I've mixed salt and sugar up, there's no undo button.