[Info-vax] inertia or fundamentals about langages?

[Dave Froble]

On 5/22/2019 8:23 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2019-05-21, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> Inertia also arises with clever folks that don't challenge themselves
>> to learn new-to-them tools and new-to-them platforms, but that's fodder
>> for another discussion or three.
>>
>
> $ set response/mode=good_natured
>
> But according to David, you and I are strange for wanting to use a
> better wheel. :-)

No, you're not getting away with that.  You are claiming a "better 
wheel", but you are offering no proof.  It might be your preferred 
wheel, but to go beyond that you must prove it's always better.

> It seems to some people that because the wheel Ogg invented was good
> enough for Ogg, then it should be good enough for everyone else for
> all time...
>
> I, OTOH, want to turn Ogg's wheel into a better and improved wheel.

And if the discussion is about the concept of the wheel, and not some 
specific wheel?

I've got no problem with improvements.  But one person's improvement 
just might not be another person's improvement.

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