> A key part of their design was to not allow direct sending of commands — only bits could be sent. This means that (other) software inside each physical computer has the responsibility to interpret the bits, and the power to do (or not do) some action
seems, at least on a basic reading, to contradict this famous little argument (or maybe trolling?) he had on HN with Rich Hickey where he seems to be suggesting that one shouldn't just send raw bits, but also a little interpreter along with the data: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722
Maybe this is an inevitable consequence of always speaking so abstractly/vaguely, but it also makes it difficult to know what exactly he's suggesting the industry, that he is so routinely critical of, should concretely do next.
> A key part of their design was to not allow direct sending of commands — only bits could be sent. This means that (other) software inside each physical computer has the responsibility to interpret the bits, and the power to do (or not do) some action
seems, at least on a basic reading, to contradict this famous little argument (or maybe trolling?) he had on HN with Rich Hickey where he seems to be suggesting that one shouldn't just send raw bits, but also a little interpreter along with the data: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722
Maybe this is an inevitable consequence of always speaking so abstractly/vaguely, but it also makes it difficult to know what exactly he's suggesting the industry, that he is so routinely critical of, should concretely do next.