Lainaus "Schiffel, Jeffrey A" <jeffrey.a.schiffel@xxxxxxxxxx>: (01)
>
> > From: Abhilash I
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Recently i came across the following, described as characteristics of
> a software,
> > 1) Developed or engineered
> > 2) not manufactured
> > 3) doesn't wear out
>
> I've heard that definition, but software does wear out. When it no
> longer fits the user's need, it is wearing out. Software, like
> everything else in the physical world, obsolesces over time.
>
> -- Jeffrey Schiffel
> (02)
Software usually wears out, but some parts of some softwares, like
Dijkstra's alorithm for finding the shortest path in a network is so close
to pure (uncontroversial) logic that I can't see it wearing out. (03)
Avril (04)
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