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Re:The Costs of Programming Language Fragmentation by roca on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:04PM (#18126095)
> I don't really appreciate the debate tactic of pretending that I made a stronger claim that I actually did.

Ahem.

> I'm specifically countering the notion that new language development can be "irresponsible" because it "could" divert work away from other projects. What I'm saying is that it is not necessarily true at all.

I (OP) agree that it is "not necessarily true", and my post deliberately made the very weak claim that "in some cases" "it could be irresponsible". I don't see how I could have made the argument "more measured" without eliding it completely.

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Re:The Costs of Programming Language Fragmentation by burntsushi on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:16PM (#18126154)
Your OP makes several generalizations, and I disagree with almost every single one of them. So no, from my perspective, your position really isn't measured at all.

> I don't see how I could have made the argument "more measured" without eliding it completely.

Exactly.

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