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> There's no reason we can't be writing code that lasts 100 years. Code is just math. The weather forecast is also “just math”, yet yesterday’s won’t be terrib
by lxgr 1y ago
> There's no reason we can't be writing code that lasts 100 years. Code is just math.
The weather forecast is also “just math”, yet yesterday’s won’t be terribly useful next April.
- feoren 1y agoNo, weather forecasting models are "just math". The forecast itself is an output of the model. I sure hope our weather forecasting models are still useful next year! weather forecasting models <=> code <=> math weather forecast <=> program output <=> calculation results So all you're saying is that we should not expect individual weather forecasts, program output, and calculation results to be useful long-term. Nobody is arguing that.
- lxgr 1y agoThat's why I said "[yesterday's] weather forecast" and not "weather forecast models". But my larger point actually also stands: Weather forecast models also, in the end, incorporate information about geography, likely temperature conditions etc., and might not be stable over 100 years. The more interesting question is probably: Is Python more like the weather or a weather forecasting model? :)