Re:PHP: A fractal of bad design
by obituary_latte on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @10:19AM
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OK, say there were only 2 people working on the (any open-source project). How do you think it would look today?
I think it pretty basic an assumption that the more eyes looking at something, the better the chances of finding (and fixing) mistakes as well as finding room for improvement.
It's true in the sense that giving everyone desktop publishing software in the early 90s led to lots of beautiful typography and well thought-out layouts.
Re:PHP: A fractal of bad design
by TorbjornLunde on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @07:27AM
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I assume that you are being ironic, and you’re right: there was a lot of ugly graphic design in the 90s. This is partially due to the whole grunge-trend…
However: I think today we have more beautiful design that we would have had if the design tools had not become democratized, maybe not in percentage, but certainly in amount.
My speculation: programming --> more programs. Both crap and great ones.
No, but the more kids who have exposure to an easy-to-get-started language will result in more kids that are actually really into it getting that early start they need.
Are you claiming less people should have access to programming? Should we have a guild with mandatory 10-year apprenticeship in Haskell?
Re:PHP: A fractal of bad design
by prodigal_erik on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @04:45AM
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That's kind of over the top, but I'd like to see everyone spend their first six months in any language that doesn't hide your mistakes from you by quietly guessing what you might have wanted and doing something random.
I'm not sure this is true. Going with the articles example, that's like saying "the more people who know how to use a hammer, the better houses we will have".