"Hvidsten, Leif" <hvidsl at parknicollet.com> writes: > > > > Only in terms of processor power, not in usefulness. It seems to me > > that the relationship is something like > > > > P*B=1 > > > > where P is power, subject to increases following Moore's law, and B is > > bloat, due to trying to add "idiot friendliness." ;) > > > > I'm no mathematician but shouldn't it be P/B = 1? That way as power > increases, so does bloated code essentially maintaining a value > close to 1. Yes. I've heard the principle codified more, um, personally as "What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away". -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / Ghugle: the Fannish Ghod of Queries Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/