ABSTRACT

Although programming with them has lost the appeal and expectancy it enjoyed two decades ago, customary systems continue to play important roles, including in some of today’s most challenging and predatory environments. This ongoing utility raises important questions about how such systems could be better leveraged, and why programming dilemmas, including around human rights and state-non-state relations, remain unresolved. Crafting solutions to these dilemmas, it is argued, will require changes in practice, none of which will be easy or necessarily welcomed by the development community. In this process, past programming experience can offer rich lessons that should be drawn upon.

摘要

尽管与他们一起编程已经失去了二十年前所享有的吸引力和期望，但习惯系统继续发挥重要作用，包括在当今一些最具挑战性和掠夺性的环境中。这种持续的效用提出了一些重要问题，即如何更好地利用此类系统，以及为什么编程困境（包括围绕人权和国家与非国家关系）仍未解决。有人认为，为这些困境制定解决方案需要实践上的改变，而这些都不会容易或必然会受到开发社区的欢迎。在这个过程中，过去的编程经验可以提供丰富的经验教训，值得借鉴。