Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

[Jon O. <ze...@gm...>]

I think you just described the Human brain. ;) But I dare say that humans
are useful and realistic.
- Jon Olick

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Gregory Junker <gj...@da...> wrote:

>
>
> >
> > "Software is RARELY about writing components that are as general
> > as possible. As Jon and others already pointed out, software is
> > usually written to solve a very specific problem."
> >
>
> Again, there is no such thing as a "general component". The moment you
> define a component's interface, for example, it has become specific and
> restricted.
>
> In order for a component to be "general", it would have to handle *any*
> input and produce *any* output and maintain *any* internal state. It can't
> be specific about anything, and you have to admit that is neither useful
> nor
> realistic.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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