bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺 on Nostr: One specific thing that changed is that Wirth blamed the software size explosion on ...
One specific thing that changed is that Wirth blamed the software size explosion on "too many features". In his view both developers and users should learn not to do that (still true). These days software has mostly exploded because we ship a whole ass full-fledged browser to create an app that opens a garage door if you press a button.
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