John Carlson wrote:
On Feb 13, 2013 7:57 PM, "Miles Fidelman" <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net
<mailto:mfidel...@meetinghouse.net>> wrote:
> Ahh... but my argument is that the architecture of the current web
is SIMPLER than earlier concepts but has proven more powerful (or at
least more effective).
If you believe that, I've got a perl script I want to sell you.
Well.... seems like http:// URLs and uni-directional links are a lot
simpler than things like gopher (lots of manual configuration) and
various hypertext systems that try to maintain bi-directional links.
Nothing prevents complexity, except debugging it. I believe that text
is easier to debug than alternative. To make anything easier debug, I
recommend programming by demonstration. I would like to see more such
systems. How about you?
Agree fully.
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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