Re:The SeL4 Foundation: What and Why
by hinkley on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @12:39PM
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Probably an Unsolved Problem in computer programming:
If you are trying to solve an old problem a new way, is it necessarily true that having a large pool of applicants is an advantage? It could be a liability.
On the one hand, there could be more variance in a large pool, so you might find a lot of unconventional thinkers who think like you. On the other hand, large groups have social mores, and so the dogma might be difficult to overcome, like the old "people can write fortran in any language" problem.
If you are trying to solve an old problem a new way, is it necessarily true that having a large pool of applicants is an advantage? It could be a liability.
On the one hand, there could be more variance in a large pool, so you might find a lot of unconventional thinkers who think like you. On the other hand, large groups have social mores, and so the dogma might be difficult to overcome, like the old "people can write fortran in any language" problem.