From: "Daniel Bünzli" <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch>
To: Arnaud Spiwack <Arnaud.Spiwack@lix.polytechnique.fr>
Cc: OCaML Mailing List <caml-list@inria.fr>,
Xavier Clerc <xavier.clerc@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] About ocamlbuild
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:01:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B0DB2A2B7C3A41D8B507367547BCB23E@erratique.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMoPVjeChbZ9uGiY6y-UxKVniQN2WcrqJP4iM9WpX=DQDzGxmA@mail.gmail.com>
Le vendredi, 16 novembre 2012 à 11:33, Arnaud Spiwack a écrit :
> Well,
>
> I must say the sort of mafioso-like reasoning - "you really do not want to do that" - doesn't really make sense to me.
>
> Here are valid reasons not to include a feature X in a tool:
> I don't have time to do X
> I don't know how to do X
> Having X would prevent me from having Y which I'd rather
>
> Any other reason is bad.
This is a little bit OT, but
X doesn't fit the philosophy of my tool
is also a very good reason not to include a feature X in a tool. It's not mafioso-like reasoning, it's called design (and if you are not happy with my design, make your own tool). Sticking to your three valid reasons is a recipe for disaster and feature creep. As is thinking that people have necessarily good reasons for what they want (we all have blind spots).
Best,
Daniel
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-16 11:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-15 12:05 Pierre-Etienne Meunier
2012-11-15 21:48 ` Xavier Clerc
2012-11-15 22:04 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-11-15 22:36 ` Xavier Clerc
2012-11-16 10:33 ` Arnaud Spiwack
2012-11-16 10:53 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-11-16 11:43 ` Pierre-Etienne Meunier
2012-11-16 19:05 ` [Caml-list] " Hongbo Zhang
2012-11-16 19:33 ` [Caml-list] " Wojciech Meyer
2012-11-17 17:21 ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2012-11-16 11:01 ` Daniel Bünzli [this message]
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