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> “Any distributed system based on exchanging data will be replaced by a system based on exchanging programs.”

So distributed systems tend to converge towards being more and more mystifying? Cf. the mythical mammoth:

> Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won’t usually need your flowcharts; they’ll be obvious.



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