DISQUS

juliomiy · 2 months ago

Agreed but Look up the "Halting Problem" and what level of certainty is achievable ahead of time that a program won't get into the state your poor cable box got into

gregory · 2 months ago

If the folks who made my cable box spent even 1 second debating the 'halting problem' and not writing better code that doesn't leak memory, I can see why it needed to be restarted :)

But seriously, that is an interesting issue. As we move forward in time, it's more and more likely that programs will never halt as they are integrated into our daily lives and routines. Though I would have a hard time proving that mathematically. Regardless, we are becoming more and more dependent on the software that powers our lives.

Humans may rest, sleep or relax, but that only halt when they die. Luckily for software, it can be restarted.