About the “danger” of software flexibility, drivechains and forks.
A quote by G. Frank McCormick, found in p266 #softwar by @JasonPLowery .
“And they looked upon softwar and saw it was good. But they just had to add this one other feature…Software temptations are virtually irresistible.
The apparent ease of creating arbitrary behaviour makes us arrogant. We become sorcerer’s apprentices, foolishly believing that we can control any amount of complexity. Our systems will dance for us in ever more complicated ways. we don’t know when to stop…. A project’s specification rapidly becomes a wish list. Additions to the list encounter little or no resistance. We can always justify just one more feature, on more mode, one more gee-whiz capability.
And don’t worry, it’ll be easy - after al, it’s just software. We can do anything. In one stroke we are free of nature’s constraints. The freedom is software’s main attraction, but unbounded freedom lies at the heart of all software difficulty… We would be better off if we learned how and when to say no…”
#bitcoin #drivechains
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