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Where Do We Go From Watson
A frequent topic I have with software professionals is the change we have seen in software development emphasis. In the old days where even 4k of ram was a luxury memory management and storage was a high priority. A complicated program could not fit into memory all at once. Tight code was the order of the day.
As computing capacity continued (and still continues) to increase in capacity, our efforts turned instead from optimizing hardware resources to optimizing our software. Real operating systems begin to emerge running completely on a runtime engine (ie OS 400). Why can we do that? Because interpreted languages are fast enough on adequate hardware to make it worth the loss of optimization in exchange for something else.
That really is the crux of the whole discussion. Today, because of the incredible amount of computing power available, for what can we exchange optimization? For example, if you look at multi-tier software design, it is not more efficient or optimized than some other older techniques. What does it bring us? Why do we strive to learn and adopt new computing platforms?
I have some thoughts on the matter. First, let’s hear from you, our readers. Please write to btaylor@sswug.org with your thoughts regarding how you can better use the highly increased computing power of single and distributed systems. Ask yourself what end benefits the kinds of changes we are seeing provide the computer user?
Cheers,
Ben
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