Right, but perhaps that prior about "I'm probably not the first person ever to have thought about this" could be bumped up a notch or two. I'm not saying there aren't things that need fixing (there are many, it's why julia is still being actively developed), but at this stage julia is not brand new and there are relatively few things that haven't been given careful consideration. Many of your questions can be answered by searching old mailing list posts.
If you try implementing one of your ideas yourself, that might also give you further insight about how feasible/desirable it is. In some cases you will remain convinced it's a great idea, in which case a pull request is called for; in others, you'll gain better insight into the structure of what exists already. Best, --Tim On Saturday, June 4, 2016 9:32:00 AM CDT Ford Ox wrote: > I have this on my mind, so 75% of my ideas / questions don't make it to > this forum. > > On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 5:02:19 PM UTC+2, Steven G. Johnson wrote: > > On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 4:31:55 AM UTC-4, Ford Ox wrote: > >> I know that I have close to zero experience in julia compared to you. > >> > >> That's why I created this thread, because *discussion* doesn't *damage * > >> anything. > > > > No, but uninformed discussion can waste people's time, and decreases the > > signal-to-noise ratio of the group. (It also wastes your time; as Stefan > > says, the Julia developers are unlikely to seriously consider language > > proposals from someone who has not demonstrated an understanding of the > > language via contributions.) > > > > I've been on the Internet long enough to remember the original Usenet > > software, which used to force you > > <http://www.livinginternet.com/u/uu_post.htm> to agree to a scary warning > > before posting: > > > > *This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire > > civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands > > of dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing. > > Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [y / n]* > > > > It is still good advice to think of the costs you are imposing on > > strangers (in terms of time and attention at least) when you post to a > > public forum.
