DConf 2013 Day 3 Talk 1: Metaprogramming in the Real World by Don Clugston

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Tue Jun 11 13:47:00 PDT 2013


On 6/11/2013 1:11 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 6/11/13, Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>> Circuit boards, inverters, etc., also fail, and you'd need some assurance
>> you
>> can get replacement parts for 20 years.
>
> I bet most companies don't even get to live 20 years. And usually the
> older a product, the harder (i.e. more expensive) it is to fix it or
> get spare parts (e.g. cars).


Actually, parts for old cars are a lot cheaper than for new ones! But I think 
that's an anomaly.


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