David L Parnas (yes, that one) wrote a famous piece on the feasibility of Star Wars (pdf ahead): http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/przybils/courses/CBD06/papers/p1326-parnas.pdf
I don't think that anything has changed. Computers are faster, technology is better, but the problem is still equally complex.
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David L Parnas (yes, that one) wrote a famous piece on the feasibility of Star Wars (pdf ahead): http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/przybils/courses/CBD06/papers/p1326-parnas.pdf I don't think that anything has changed. Computers are faster, technology is better, but the problem is still equally complex.