Re: Why Software Is Bad and What We Can Do to Fix It

From: Mike Smith (mike_UNDERSCORE_smith_at_acm.DOT.org)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:01:36 -0400

Traveler wrote:

> In article <1095802027.1641.0@echo.uk.clara.net>, "paul campbell"
> <p.au.lc@objectvision.DOT.co.DOT.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>"The brains of humans and animals are the existence proof that
>> there is a silver bullet."
>>
>>Yes indeed - the silver bullit is 100 million years of cumulative selection.
>>Unfortunately most clients arent will to wait quite that long for a working
>>system :-).
>
>
> So you were born already knowing how to speak, read, write, walk,
> drive a car, recognize your grandmother and post to usenet?

No, but it took 100 million years (longer?) to develop the wetware that
is capable of such activities. 

--
Mike Smith

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