Re: [Algorithms] General purpose task parallel threading approach

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Conor Stokes 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."
>
> And it solves that very specific problem by composition of general
> components.

Other than classroom examples, software is NOT written through
composition of 'general components'. And even in the small subset
of software writing where your statement may hold true, writing
those components was a very small amount of work of the total.


Christer Ericson, Director of Tools and Technology
Sony Computer Entertainment, Santa Monica