Re:Software development: should we stop? Maybe we should
by jmoss20 on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:22PM
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Can you say more? Is there a thermodynamic interpretation of, say, the Halting problem? (Or P vs. NP?)
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Re:Software development: should we stop? Maybe we should
by dgr582systems on Friday November 13, 2020 @05:50PM
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This is in relation to the ‘say more’ part, not specifically about the halting problem or P/NP.
Since computation is physical, there are theoretical bounds on the energy consumption of computation. (Landauer’s principle [0]).
Physical limits computation are at least one way to think about the relationship between thermodynamics and software.
Re:Software development: should we stop? Maybe we should
by caleb-allen on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:28PM
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The answer to your question is not straightforward, but it is not a definite "no". Here is an interesting (albeit amateur) discussion on the subject on Stack Exchange: https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/26049/is-there-a-conn...