tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104420435021904082.post1635626630376519617..comments2024-03-13T12:21:27.016-05:00Comments on The Programmer's Paradox: The Necessity of DeterminismPaul W. Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349253120538728302noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104420435021904082.post-37877471930810028072009-08-04T19:05:00.444-05:002009-08-04T19:05:00.444-05:00I see a parallel to programming with immutable vs....I see a parallel to programming with immutable vs. mutable state. One is much easier to reason about than the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104420435021904082.post-43924403762673029752008-09-22T09:49:00.000-05:002008-09-22T09:49:00.000-05:00Hi Anonymous,Thanks for the comments and the corre...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments and the corrections. I'm not a great editor, so I really do appreciate when people take the time to help me find spelling or grammatical mistakes. <BR/><BR/>For the second sentence I was trying to say that there is more software available these days, and it has become so complex that we can no longer run it correctly. <BR/><BR/>"Bull dozer" is funny because as I was typing it, over and over I knew it wasn't correct, but until I saw your comment it hadn't dawned on me why. Sometimes my mind just creates linkages that are hard to break :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Paul.Paul W. Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349253120538728302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104420435021904082.post-76691641468324273852008-09-22T09:00:00.000-05:002008-09-22T09:00:00.000-05:00Great essay. I liked it. I read it several times. ...Great essay. I liked it. I read it several times. I expect to incorporate some of its insights and metaphors into my own thinking.<BR/><BR/>I hope that truthful praise will mitigate what follows, which is the result of close and interested reading of your essay:<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>"It is usable without interaction."<BR/><BR/>I don't understand what this sentence is trying to state. Perhaps, "It is unusable without intervention."<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>"Software, while more abundant has outpaced it environment for complexity."<BR/><BR/>I have no guesses on what this sentence should be.<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>The "bull dozer" is one word: "bulldozer."<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>"Many people believe that the failure in research to archive it already is proof enough"<BR/><BR/>That's "achieve" not "archive."<BR/><BR/>* * *<BR/><BR/>"The biggest problem with our actually finding artificial intelligence is that like Spock from Star Trek, it will simply annoy us, because it's rational for doing things will be well beyond our own understanding."<BR/><BR/>That's "rationale" not "rational."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com