On Friday, 22 May 2020 at 01:22:19 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
I have made these points before, but I'll summarize them here
for convenient referral.
Thanks Walter. I really appreciate you taking the time to do
this, as it's obviously no fun to be getting a big tide of
negativity in this way.
This is Obviously A Good Idea. Why would I oppose it?
1. I've been hittin' the crack pipe again.
2. I was secretly convinced, but wanted to save face.
3. I make decisions based on consultation with my astrologer.
4. I am evil.
... wait, we don't ALL make decision like that? :-)
In seriousness: I really, really wish that everyone throwing
around personal attacks would take a moment to stop and think
about the consequences of pursuing this kind of discourse: it
distracts from the technical, practical and organizational issues
at hand, it creates a worse mood than exists already, and
generally makes it harder to have a constructive conversation
around the core disagreements here.
It is perfectly possible to critique the decision taken, or the
way in which it was taken, or to voice personal frustrations,
without casting aspersions on the decision-maker.
With the rationale laid out clearly as it is here, I do have some
responses in mind. But before sharing them, I'd like to know
whether that would be useful right now: I've no wish to just
press for a re-hashing of conversations that have already been
had.
