On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 9:36 PM AVI GROSS via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > Agreed, Chris. There are many methods way better than the sort of RAID > architecture I supplied as AN EXAMPLE easy to understand. But even so, if a > hard disk or memory chip is fried or a nuclear bomb takes out all servers in > or near a city, you would need some truly crazy architectures with info not > only distributed across the globe but perhaps also to various space > satellites or servers kept ever further out and eventually in hyperspace or > within a black hole (might be write-only, alas). > > The point many of us keep saying is there can not easily or even with great > difficult, any perfect scheme that guarantees nothing will go wrong with the > software, hardware, the people using it and so on. And in the real world, as > compared to the reel world, many programs cannot remain static. Picture a > program that includes many tax laws and implementations that has to be > changed at least yearly as laws change. Some near-perfect code now has to > either be patched with lots of errors possible, or redesigned from scratch > and if it takes long enough, will come out after yet more changes and thus > be wrong. > > A decent question you can ask is if the language this forum is supposed to > be on, is better in some ways to provide the kind of Teflon-coated code he > wants. Are there features better avoided? How do you make sure updates to > modules you use and trust are managed as they may break your code. Stuff > like that is not as abstract.
The above are very interesting questions - - - - anyone care to tackle one, or some? > > In my view, one consideration can be that when people can examine your > source code in the original language, that can open up ways others might > find ways to break it, more so than a compiled program that you only can > read in a more opaque way. > (Tongue in cheek) Except doesn't one make more $$$$ when software in hidden in an unreadable state? (That forces the user to go back to the original dev or group - - yes?) TIA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
