Interview with Jaron Lanier on "Phenotropic" Development 264
Sky Lemon writes "An interview with Jaron Lanier on Sun's Java site discusses 'phenotropic'
development versus our existing set of software paradigms. According to Jaron, the 'real difference between the current idea of software, which is protocol adherence, and the idea [he is] discussing, pattern recognition, has to do with the kinds of errors we're creating' and if 'we don't find a different way of thinking about and creating software, we will not be writing programs bigger than about 10 million lines of code no matter how fast our processors become.'"
10 million lines (Score:5, Funny)
-Chuck
What about the Irish (Score:2, Funny)
Oh I am sure a group of say about 15 Irish kids could do it in a year.
Re:10 million lines (Score:3, Funny)
Complete And Total Horseshit. (Score:3, Funny)
1) Jarod Lanier is a talented, but vastly overhyped individual. Think of the geekiest person you know. Chances are, that person is better qualified to render a decision than this guy.
2) No one will ever write more than 10M lines of code.. Yeah, ok. After all, nobody will ever need more than 640K either, right? Come on. Every decade, someone comes up with one of these nearsighted and baseless claims. Its a common trap. Just a million lines of code in a single program would have been inconcievable to someone just 10-15 years ago. Nowadays, its common. Every generation thinks theyre the top of the heap, when in reality, history proves them wrong every single time. Its fact. More importantly, the fact that Lanier doesn't notice this pattern sort of underscores point #1.
Cheers,
Re:10 million lines of bullpucky (Score:2, Funny)