I submit that architecture may yield to Conway's Law[1]. To your point, language... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		smitty1e on May 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cohort succession explains most change in literary... I submit that architecture may yield to Conway's Law[1]. To your point, language design may have more todo with the cohort of the original language desingers. That said, languages tend to add more baggage over time; does recent C resemble K&R very much? Python with full type hinting is a far cry from the 2.4 stuff I first encountered. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

saurik on May 9, 2022 [–]

I mean, I'd also posit that organizational/corporate organization--whether you think scrum or agile or whatever makes sense--is also likely related (on average: same as with literature here, not saying "in all cases") to cohort succession.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact