Do you think their code has reached the level of large industrial standard parts?
Is the level of programmers as standardized as that of blue-collar workers?
I don't think their production methods meet the standards of large industrial production: simple, consistent, standard, Pipeline, repeatable, linear expansion.
> Is the level of programmers as standardized as that of blue-collar workers?
Is the level of journalists as standardized as that of blue-collar workers?
It would literally be absurd to say yes.
> I don't think their production methods meet the standards of large industrial production: simple, consistent, standard, Pipeline, repeatable, linear expansion.
That said, I somewhat cringe to think that it's mostly Java-style OOP that Steele is talking about here. Maybe it's that low-pass filter that Alan Kay is always talking about.
This is just an absurd statement on its face given how much of the internet runs on OO languages.