On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 6:47:43 PM UTC+1, Jacob Quinn wrote: > > I apologize if you felt it was a personal attack, because it certainly > wasn't intended as such. I've always appreciated the Julia community and > how welcoming and encouraging it is and I wouldn't want to tarnish that > reputation. I'm far from the best person to comment on the particularities > of type invariance/co-variance/contra-variance, but I still enjoy > contributing to discussions when I can. In this case, I felt my own > experience getting comfortable with parametric types could be useful. > > -Jacob >
I don't think it was a personal attack - I'm sorry I used the word because you have missed the point I was making as a result. I am not after an apology. I don't want you to stop providing your valuable experience with anyone. Your testimony could be told to every person about to learn Julia - that would be great. However you shared it when we were halfway through a debate about a particular point, that we could perfectly well discuss on its own merits, drawing attention away from that and on to my experience, which at that point seems irrelevant. The point I made in my last post, and that I make again now, is that that approach to debate doesn't do us (me, you, this group, society) any favours - it's akin to focussing on personality not policy in politics, and what does that get us? IMO it simply wasn't the right moment for you to share that experience. All I would like is an understanding and acknowledgement of that point. And if you don't get it or disagree, not to worry. Please do continue to contribute in whatever way you feel is appropriate - and if I have had a positive impact in that respect, great. This will be my last message on the subject (trying to make the world a better place though sometimes it doesn't feel like it), so feel free to have the last word.
