Re:No More Callbacks: 10,000 Actors, 10,000 Threads, 10,000 ...
by rdtsc on Friday October 18, 2013 @02:20AM
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> The fascination with technology rather than just to solve the problem at hand via the shortest critical path is a thing that has been puzzling me for a long time
Exactly. And fascination with technology is important, it is what keeps people learning and searching, finding better tools. The problem with it, is it has a pathological side.
Like the tool analogy, just because I found an experimental, electronic, automatic nail gun, voice activated, with blinking lights, doesn't mean I should use it when building my own house, if all I need is to hammer a few nails, a regular trusted hammer will do.
Exactly. And fascination with technology is important, it is what keeps people learning and searching, finding better tools. The problem with it, is it has a pathological side.
Like the tool analogy, just because I found an experimental, electronic, automatic nail gun, voice activated, with blinking lights, doesn't mean I should use it when building my own house, if all I need is to hammer a few nails, a regular trusted hammer will do.