On Sunday, 9 March 2014 07:48:25 UTC-3, Mike Innes wrote: > > Stefan: "you want all the best and most powerful tools available" Yes, > yes, yes - this a thousand times. > > The problem with demanding that "every problem has a single solution" is > that you end up with "every solution fits a single problem" as well. You > can't possibly foresee all of the solutions and determine which is best, > and you can't foresee all of the problems a tool can solve either. So > instead of trying to create a one-size-fits all solution to each class of > problem, let's make powerful tools that work seamlessly together and trust > our users to do what they do best - problem solving. > > > Go read the Julia issues. They're full of tradeoffs between simplicity and functionality.
Life, and language and library design, aren't as simple as you are making out. There are costs to duplication and alternatives. And painting my posts as "demanding" a single solution is plain wrong. I asked a question. I didn't demand anything. Andrew
