Lightning Talk: Program Complexity and Thermodynamics
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Claims program complexity directly maps to thermodynamic laws and makes three concrete correspondences: entropy ↔ code complexity, energy ↔ developer effort, insulation ↔ abstractions. Uses a conceptual toy model and thought experiments rather than large datasets, derives that the Second Law implies ongoing maintenance energy is necessary because entropy tends to increase, and shows how intentional energy input and better insulation reduce accidental complexity. No empirical numbers or built prototypes are presented.
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