[AccessD] OT: Recommended weekend reading :) - Tenincredibly dangerous software ideas

My code already embraces "Chaos theory", been doing it for years.
Keeps the maintenance programmers on their toes ;-)))

cheers

Michael M

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan,
Lambert
Sent: Tuesday, 7 November 2006 9:07 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Recommended weekend reading :) -
Tenincredibly dangerous software ideas

Hmm,

Sound like that text ("Differential state dynamics ...") could have come
from this wonderful postmodernist critical site

http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo

Every time you visit the site you'll get a page or two of utter drivel
that has a style quite similar to this.

Lambert :-)


And then this passage:

<<<
Differential state dynamics logics are the native logics of practical
reality. The intrinsic order of physical reality is solely state
dynamical. The emergent order of practical reality is reducible to
complex physical differential dynamics. We conveniently live in a
universe where the differential meaning of intrinsic order is necessary
and sufficient for all practical purposes.
>>>

Which I think is beyond me. Could that be they somehow consider "Chaos
theory" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory)
as a foundation for the "alternative principled software production
approaches" they mention here in optimistic final part of their
writing?:

<<<
These solutions will require alternative principled software production
approaches. Such approaches appear to be possible and practical today.
They will likely be highly profitable as well.
>>>

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Shamil
 
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hale, Jim
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:24 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Recommended weekend reading :) - Ten
incredibly dangerous software ideas

"Today successful software production depends on pattern programming
craftwork
cleverness.    .....Even so, the software industry can't even begin to
produce most of the software
that its customers really want in this way."

Wow. An entire profession dimissed. Kakfa would be proud. Much food for
thought here, much of which is probably correct but not very tasty.
Interesting read, thanks. Jim Hale


-----Original Message-----
From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [mailto:shamil at users.mns.ru]
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:31 AM
To: 'Access-D'
Subject: [AccessD] OT: Recommended weekend reading :) - Ten incredibly
dangerous software ideas


Hi All,

I have just got this link 

http://arxiv.org/ftp/cs/papers/0607/0607022.pdf

via google and I have just finished reading the first page of this
document.

It looks interesting and promising to give new insights of software
industry intrinsic troubles. It gives "a systematic critique of the
software industry. This critique is accomplished using classical methods
in practical design science."

This is not an easy stuff to read I must say. Therefore maybe better
postpone its reading for Monday or better Tuesday because Monday is not
usually an easy day by definition :)

Enjoy!

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Shamil
 


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