Re:Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ...
by michaelt on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:29AM
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> you need to start from the basics by explaining the very core of your society.
Well, that's task-dependent. For healthcare billing software, certainly.
But if you're hiring someone to implement the SVG spec in a web browser? Bézier curves are the same no matter where you are in the world.
Indeed, if knowledge of culture was the key wouldn't comparative advantage lead to low-cost-of-living countries' developers dominating technically pure, well-specified work like web browser design?
Well, that's task-dependent. For healthcare billing software, certainly.
But if you're hiring someone to implement the SVG spec in a web browser? Bézier curves are the same no matter where you are in the world.
Indeed, if knowledge of culture was the key wouldn't comparative advantage lead to low-cost-of-living countries' developers dominating technically pure, well-specified work like web browser design?