[quoted lines by Nicolas Pitre on 2018/03/13 at 22:10 -0400] I accidentally lost a quote that I wanted to challenge. It was something like:
>With great power comes great responsibility (complexity). I agree with the first part, but not with the second. In other words, I don't equate responsibility with complexity. Let's look at an example. As a parent, I indeed have a great responsibility insofar as raising our children is concerned. Does that justify me making the principles by which they're to live be complex? No way! I do my best to make things as easy for them to understand and grasp since that maximizes their ability to remember and easily apply them, and, therefore, to be able to grow up properly. I also disagree wth applying a truism for people to non-people. Software, after all, isn't responsible for anything. Those who implement software, however, are indeed responsible for what their software does, how it works, etc. Doing all they can to ensure that those who use their software get into as little trouble as possible is the responsibility of those who've been granted the power of providing software that others use. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: [email protected] | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.com/mailman/listinfo/brltty
