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Re:Norris Numbers – Walls you hit in program size (2014) by ksk on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:34PM (#16415101)
But I don't agree that programing SHOULD be a creative task. The primary reason being that A creative tasks' output depends quite a bit on the person performing the task. Whereas for an engineering task, less so - as long as the engineer is trained, knowledgeable etc, etc (usual caveats for pedants..)

>But that won't happen just by standardizing structure. The structure still holds content which has to adapt to those business goals etc.

I agree, but i'm thinking along the lines of - more LEGO, less literature. I.e. A move towards a more standardized problem specification process that itself becomes the solution, or at the very least through minimal effort.

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Re:Norris Numbers – Walls you hit in program size (2014) by khedoros1 on Monday February 19, 2018 @06:44PM (#16416706)
> I agree, but i'm thinking along the lines of - more LEGO, less literature.

That's what I see happening. There's already a huge reliance on just connecting together libraries within the confines of a framework for lots of problems.

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