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I've always thought that this criticism didn't make sense. Improvements in software are highly dependent on improvements in hardware: http://prog21.dadgum.com/2
by gukjoon 18y ago
I've always thought that this criticism didn't make sense. Improvements in software are highly dependent on improvements in hardware:
http://prog21.dadgum.com/29.html http://prog21.dadgum.com/29.html
What would have once taken incredible software engineering skills is now trivial. Hardware is a big constraint on software development. How can you possibly expect software and hardware development to be neck and neck?
- thaumaturgy 18y agoImprovement in hardware promotes laziness in software development.
- a-priori 18y agoMaybe in the general case (i.e, most software development), but in the special case (i.e, high performance computing, which this falls under), more powerful hardware begets more powerful software.
- gukjoon 18y agoHahahha maybe. But maybe it's a good thing we don't have to churn butter anymore, right? Improvements in technology mean that we don't have to deal with the low level stuff that's been done a million times before, allowing us to focus on high level stuff that nobody's done.
- ericwan 18y agoIt also means we can do more with less. =)