Barry Smith <[email protected]> writes: > Yes, Jed has already transformed himself into a cranky old conservative PETSc > developer
Is disinclination to spend effort on something with negative expected value "conservative"? Actually, it's almost the definition. But if you spend time on legitimately high-risk things, you should expect that with high probability, they will be a failure. Thus, it's essential to be prepared to declare failure rather than lobbying for success (e.g., merging) without conclusive data. Declaring failure in this case may be hard without access to the hardware to be able to push all the design corners.
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