RE: is SIP an Emergent Property
"Kent Beck" <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jan 2003 12:00:15 -0800
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In that case, I think you are correct. There is no way to *know* how a particular change will affect SIP. You can only step on the gas and wait to see what happens to the speedometer. Kent -----Original Message----- From: sentto-8007113-388-1043264195-kent=threeriversinstitute.org@returns.grou ps.yahoo.com [mailto:sentto-8007113-388-1043264195-kent=threeriversinstitute.org@retu rns.groups.yahoo.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tozier Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SIP] is SIP an Emergent Property On Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003, at 13:03 America/Detroit, Kent Beck wrote: In my stupidity, I'm having trouble not seeing the following as a contradiction: "While you can set out the parameters that control the behavior of the component parts, you can't know how the interaction between those components gives rise to the emergent behavior you see at the collective level" and: "But if indeed SIP is emergent, there should be way to know how increasing or decreasing a given "setting" of these parameters will affect the amount of SIP." No stupidity. Undercaffeination: But if indeed SIP is emergent, there should be *NO* way to know... ----- Bill Tozier [email protected] "Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)