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How is it quantifiable? Which is more intricate, Linux or Windows? I don't think that question is answerable in any way that's meaningful. If you ask anyone tha
by crimsonalucard 12y ago
How is it quantifiable? Which is more intricate, Linux or Windows? I don't think that question is answerable in any way that's meaningful. If you ask anyone that question you get a lot of qualitative descriptions and opinions, nothing definitive.
- tptacek 12y agoIPC boundaries, interface size, basic block count and CFG arity, number of different storage classes, number of different objects, number of different object lifecycles, &c. I'm not saying there's one best known way to measure the complexity of a system, just that it is measurable.
- crimsonalucard 12y agoThese are black box metrics, better then counting lines of code, but essentially never truly able to describe the complexity of a system. To my knowledge, there's not even a strict theoretical definition describing what complexity is.
- tptacek 12y agoThis seems like a discussion that ends in us arguing about the validity of the concept of a human soul.
- crimsonalucard 12y ago>This seems like a discussion that ends in us arguing about the validity of the concept of a human soul. I disagree. There is a logical end, so long as either of us have the capability of admitting we're wrong.