单选题 The passage suggests that the author would most probably agree with which of the following assessments of optical computing in its present form?

• (A) Although the future of optical computing is impressive, its applications are too limited in scope to justify much optimism.
• (B) The outlook of its development is positive on the surface, but many claims made about it are misleading.
• (C) Efforts to develop the technology have been sufficiently positive to maintain the interest of electrical engineers and physicists.
• (D) Because of design flaws, the task of developing optical computing will require greater resources than are presently available.
• (E) The state of development of optical computing is too contradictory to allow for an easy assessment of its future.