From Philosophy to Program Size (2003)
I found this interesting.<p>&quot;if a physical law can be as complicated as the experimental
data that it explains, then there is always a law, and the
notion of “law” becomes meaningless! Understanding is compression! A theory as complicated as the data it explains is NO theory&quot;...<p>Then saying that program -&gt; computing -&gt; output has to follow from small to large in size, ie the program is the algorithmic information and the output is the data it explains.<p>Looking at modern day web development we are seeing the opposite, where the program is many times bigger than it&#x27;s output, suggesting to me that the modern frameworks do not come from any sound theory.