Argh .. (where's me eyepatch) .. OK - AAArrrrr...
This partly falls into Bloggs' (that's me) rule of user services. It goes like this:
The more power you give to users, the faster your resources will run out.
The rest falls into Bloggs' rule of computer-programing-language-generational-layers. It goes like this:
Ther is really no generation of progaming language beyond the third (C, Pascal, COBOL etc) .. true there is wisdom in the notion of objects - but you have to be a black-belt Aspburger's nerd to use it effectively - the supply of them is limited (growing but never enough).
Things like PHP give me the oiks - they violate all of Bloggs' rules - it is worse than graphical interface driven language generators.
Here is teh third rule of Bloggs:
As things become more complex, illusions of simplicity become necessary to keep a reasonable perception of understanding of it all - this generates "harness" controls. Many a rider has not a clue if his horse is sick, cranky, hungry or simply downright ornery - just so long as the stagecoach gets to Phoenix
.. such riders are often found dead on the roadside from starvation, thirst, exp[osure or blood-loss. And here we have the whole of civilization trusting harnesses made of sparkly dream dust.
There is compelling commercial motive for real programmers to isolate themselves from users, managers, accountants, pseudo programmers and anyone else that can exert pressure on them. The time has long past when a humble user has any hope of understanding what is really going on in their computer - only the high priesthood of 1, 2 and 3rd generation programers can know. They now rule the universe and can spout any kind of malarky to cover their proverbials
.. it is an easy thing to dissable the error report system.
Truly religion is borne of ignorance. Ignorance is assured by need.
The get-out-of-jail-free card is and has always been:
If it doesn't work - sack the creator. ... If you dare.
Worst thing about computers is you cannot smell them until they explode.
(edited to say: on the bright side - Whistles don't suffer from these limitations .. and the stagecoach seems to be rolling a bit better than it did. )
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