[FRIAM] the role of metaphor in scientific thought
glen ☣
gepropella at gmail.com
Fri Jun 23 15:29:30 EDT 2017
OK. I mostly agree. But at some point, there might be an unresolveable ambiguity in the kernel, at which point I would be forced to allow pluralism. That's why I allow pluaralism from the start... to avoid having to change my mind later. 8^) I think it's easier to go from many to one than it is from one to many.
On 06/23/2017 12:25 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> I'd make a distinction between embedded DSLs (built on general-purpose programming languages) and DSLs which are not. I don't want to get stuck thinking about only those things where the language is established and works well. I want to be able to step away from it and change it when it doesn't work. If language L' does something useful L doesn't, then I want to use its utility to drag the community along to my way of thinking. DSLs lead to rule by committee and stagnation.
--
☣ glen
More information about the Friam
mailing list