I firmly believe that in theory all computer systems can be understood.
But I agree when he says, it has become impractical to do so. But I just don't like it personally, I got into computing because it was supposed to be the most explainable thing of all (until I worked with the cloud and it wasn't).
I highly doubt that the original engineers who designed the first microchips and wrote the first compilers, etc... relied on 'empirical' tests to understand their systems.
Yet, he is absolutely correct, it can no longer be understood, and when I wonder why I think the economic incentives of the industry might be one of the reasons?
for example, the fact that chasing crashes down the rabbit hole is "always a slow and inconsistent process" will make any managerial decision maker feel rather uneasy. This make sense.
Imagine if the first microprocessors where made by incrementally and empirically throwing together different logic gates until it just sort of worked??
But I agree when he says, it has become impractical to do so. But I just don't like it personally, I got into computing because it was supposed to be the most explainable thing of all (until I worked with the cloud and it wasn't).
I highly doubt that the original engineers who designed the first microchips and wrote the first compilers, etc... relied on 'empirical' tests to understand their systems.
Yet, he is absolutely correct, it can no longer be understood, and when I wonder why I think the economic incentives of the industry might be one of the reasons?
for example, the fact that chasing crashes down the rabbit hole is "always a slow and inconsistent process" will make any managerial decision maker feel rather uneasy. This make sense.
Imagine if the first microprocessors where made by incrementally and empirically throwing together different logic gates until it just sort of worked??