Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be...
by tialaramex on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:33PM
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In the scenario you describe there sounds like no consensus for A or B.
Maybe, after they explain how great A is the core committers can bring the language users around on the idea of doing A. Maybe after spending more time considering why B is beloved of language users the core committers come around to B.
Perhaps most likely if the two conflict is that C is developed as both sides look for the best of both, what an excellent outcome.
And if not, then do neither A nor B
We regret our bad ideas at leisure. No need to bake those bad ideas into a programming language just because of a vague feeling that "we must do something" (and as the saying goes "this is something, so we must do this").
Maybe, after they explain how great A is the core committers can bring the language users around on the idea of doing A. Maybe after spending more time considering why B is beloved of language users the core committers come around to B.
Perhaps most likely if the two conflict is that C is developed as both sides look for the best of both, what an excellent outcome.
And if not, then do neither A nor B
We regret our bad ideas at leisure. No need to bake those bad ideas into a programming language just because of a vague feeling that "we must do something" (and as the saying goes "this is something, so we must do this").