First, some types of software can be largely additive wrt their variables, e.g. neural nets, that’s basically why SGD works. Second, software has lots of other huge advantages like rapid iteration times, copyability and inspectability of intermediate states.
First, some types of software can be largely additive wrt their variables, e.g. neural nets, that’s basically why SGD works. Second, software has lots of other huge advantages like rapid iteration times, copyability and inspectability of intermediate states.