And this was just a small utility. Then think about things like the Apollo program being coded the same way (or more obliquely on punch cards). There is a fini

And this was just a small utility. Then think about things like the Apollo program being coded the same way (or more obliquely on punch cards). There is a finite and limited amount of complexity this allows for. We've been given quite the catch-22: the ability to build increasingly complex system while needing to maintain those increasingly complex systems. On whatever project you are currently working on, how much less code do you think you'd be writing if you had to hand write it? Where would the project be better for it and where would it be worse?