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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Open Sauce. What is it all about... is it good, or is it whack?

  2. how abou by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    dont purposefukky add bugs

  3. XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...

    If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!

    Join the fun!!!

    1. Re:XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      shove your eggs boggs, dickhead

  4. What does a chick know about programming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  5. Bugless != Skillless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wonder how many languages they'll pull outta their arses to avoid gaining some skills, first.

    Ah, well.. what do I care.. I'm go(o)d.. ..with titties :)

  6. Visual Basic by Manip · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does anyone else read this and think she is advising use of VB? :) I would like to add that MS VB is crap, but someone could make a good version (they they wanted).

  7. Re:I found it to be interesting by NanoGator · · Score: -1, Troll

    "I found it to be fairly interesting but is it just me or were there a few too many shameless plugs for Java in her "interview"?"

    So?

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  8. I program in raw machine code and shit binary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For I am a real man

  9. Re:Here's an idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?

    And why are you burning your karma by making an offtopic comment?

  10. vb solved this for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    just put a

    try

    catch

    around everything

    i get paid 50,000 a year for that

    screw you, indians

  11. Re:Not my problem anymore. by Mildog · · Score: 0, Troll

    If I hear one more programmer cry about outsourcing to India, I'm going to scream. This is life in a global economy. Live with it. If you want to love what you do for a living, be willing to accept less money for it (think teaching, being a cop, etc.). If you want to be rich, obtain skills in an area that is paying well. It's that simple:

    Choose your rate, choose your fate.

  12. Video machines... by Skiron · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seeing as Java was originally designed for video recorders and washing machine firmware, and still shows that...

    Birthday

    ... I will just say...

    ... say away from Java. It is really pants. I still can't get over the CPU resource it needs, and also the non-forgiving attitude of it's lameness.

    Nick