I wouldn't describe complexity as a problem, but rather an attribute of the
universe we exist in, effecting everything from how we organize our societies
to how the various solar systems interact with each other.
Each time you conquer the current complexity, your approach adds to it.
Eventually all that conquering needs to be conquered itself ...
Paul.
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> From: Loup Vaillant <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 1:54:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [fonc] The Web Will Die When OOP Dies
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>Paul Homer wrote:
>> It is far more than obvious that OO opened the door to allow massive
>> systems. Theoretically they were possible before, but it gave us a way
>> to manage the complexity of these beasts. Still, like all technologies,
>> it comes with a built-in 'threshold' that imposes a limit on what we can
>> build. If we are too exceed that, then I think we are in the hunt for
>> the next philosophy and as Zed points out the ramification of finding it
>> will cause yet another technological wave to overtake the last one.
>
>I find that a bit depressing: if each tool that tackle complexity
>better than the previous ones lead us to increase complexity (just
>because we can), we're kinda doomed.
>
>Can't we recognized complexity as a problem, instead of an unavoidable
>law of nature? Thank goodness we have STEPS project to shed some light.
>
>Loup.
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