Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

[Chris]

On Thursday, 6 September 2018 at 14:30:38 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 6 September 2018 at 13:30:11 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> And autodecode is a good example of experts getting it wrong, 
>> because, you know, you cannot be an expert in all fields. I 
>> think the problem was that it was discovered too late.
>
> There are very valid reasons not to talk about auto-decoding 
> again:
>
> - it's too late to remove because breakage
> - attempts at removing it were _already_ tried
> - it has been debated to DEATH
> - there is an easy work-around
>
> So any discussion _now_ would have the very same structure of 
> the discussion _then_, and would lead to the exact same result. 
> It's quite tragic. And I urge the real D supporters to let such 
> conversation die (topics debated to death) as soon as they 
> appear.

The real supporters? So it's a religion? For me it's about 
technology and finding a good tool for a job.

>> why shouldn't users be allowed to give feedback?
> Straw-man.

I meant in _general_, not necessarily autodecode ;)

> If we don't get over _some_ technical debate, the only thing 
> that is achieved is a loss of time for everyone involved.

Translation: "Nothing to see here, move along!" Usually a sign to 
move on...