On Good Software

According to Cardinal Thomas de Vio Cajetan we proportionally qualify God and its creatures as “good” (*). For example, God is more “good” than its creations. The same proportionality exists between finite software creations and their infinite (in comparison) creators. Can be software more “good” than its creator? Quite possible… But more often it is the other way around. In the software world this problem is also complicated by the difference between software components and their execution, a one to many relationship. Therefore, when we talk about “this good software product”, do we refer unequivocally to specific instances of software execution, all possible executions or software creators?

(*) The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, 2nd edition, p. 119 

- Dmitry Vostokov @ SoftwareGeneralist.com -

           

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