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zoudini
on Nov 12, 2010
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The dumbing-down of programming (1998)
I've always wondered, if we ever reach the Singularity or a cliched Minority Report like reality, what would the layers of software look like?
icegreentea
on Nov 12, 2010
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Layers and layers of compatibility layers, reaching back to IBM system/360 mainframes, with function calls commented "this works for now, but Bob should take a look at this whenever he's free, it seems there might be some problems with edge cases".
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