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Intuitive Bug-less Software?

Posted by michael on from the dream-on dept.

Starlover writes "In the latest java.sun.com feature at Sun's Java site, Victoria Livschitz takes on some ideas of Jaron Lanier on how to make software less buggy. She makes a couple of interesting points. First, making software more 'intuitive' for developers will reduce bugs. Second, software should more closely simulate the real world, so we should be expanding the pure object-oriented paradigm to allow for a richer set of basic abstractions -- like processes and conditions. The simple division of structures into hierarchies and collections in software too simple for our needs according to Livschitz. She offers a set of ideas explaining how to get 'there' from here. Comments?"

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  1. Re:Here's an idea by Professr3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ouch.

  2. Got any GBA ROMs? by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ^_^

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  3. Re:I found it to be interesting by glenn1you0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why was the parent modded 'Funny'? It is spot on. Do we really need a cluefulness test for moderators? 'Insightful', people, 'Insightful'.

  4. Re:I'm sure... by dreamchaser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please remain where you are. An agent will be with you shortly to deal with your delusions. Please do not spread such alarmist lies, you will propagate further instability in the Matrix.

  5. Re:I'm sure... by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe that's not quite the point, but it raised my eyebrows. (Which I'm thinking about shaving off.)

    A kid in my high school tried this. He thought it was cool until he hit gym class and the sweat ran straight down into his eyes. He learned why they were there in the first place.

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