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Re:The Java type system is broken by freddie_mercury on Thursday July 19, 2018 @09:57AM (#17566279)
"Is X really worth it if it isn't perfect and doesn't cover every edge case?"

I kinda feel like humanity has repeatedly decided the answer to this question is "yes".

"Being valuable" isn't binary. There are relative amounts of value, I think.

Re:The Java type system is broken by carlmr on Thursday July 19, 2018 @10:36AM (#17566662)
Being valuable isn't binary, but you shouldn't stop in the middle if it's possible to do better easily.
Re:The Java type system is broken by kjeetgill on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:41AM (#17567340)
I think that's always the conflict in these discussions. We can usually agree on how things work but your "broken and unsounds" is simply a "limitation" to others.

Saying things like "do better easily" makes sense in the context of fixing something that's broken.

But for anyone who just sees it just as a limitation this comes off as presumptuous. What do you want to change? How do you want to overcome the limitation? At what cost?