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Are there any examples of 'perfect' software? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by fortnitefinn@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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I'm talking about programs that can't be improved no matter what. They do exactly what they're supposed to and will never be changed.

It'll probably have to be something small, like cd or pwd, but does such a program exist?

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[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

LaTeX

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

ugh, no way. It might do a fine job with typesetting, but the user experience is utterly awful and that's very unlikely to change because of design choices over 40+ years. If you don't think so, give typst a real try.

[–] carmo55@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Semantic round brackets make typst impossible to use for me. If it had curlies instead it would be great.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

Error: Too many unprocessed floats.

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not sure about LaTeX, but TeX is widely considered to be almost "perfect" code.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

TeX will be perfect after Knuth dies and the version number is incremented to π.