I wonder how many "second-systems" in the history of SW development were devised...

eliben on Sept 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox: Announcing Project Mortar

I wonder how many "second-systems" in the history of SW development were devised to "reduce engineering costs in the long-term", and then went on to sink hundreds of SWE-years, including new programming languages and tools.