| Our community is not "divided", it simply has a large number of | interests, meaning there is rarely a single standard library choice | that benefits all groups equally: academic, pedagogic, hobbyist, | commercial, etc. And exactly because we're not divided, we naturally | avoid favoring the needs of one group over another. Bravo John! You have re-framed the challenge (for challenge it is) as in a constructive way, one that acknowledges or even celebrates our differences, and encourages us to work together. Thank you. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Haskell-Cafe [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf | Of John Wiegley | Sent: 28 September 2016 01:16 | To: Christopher Allen <cma@bitemyapp.com> | Cc: Haskell Cafe <haskell-cafe@haskell.org> | Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Batteries included | | >>>>> "CA" == Christopher Allen <cma@bitemyapp.com> writes: | | CA> Batteries included is a bad idea when the community is this | divided. | CA> Relative no-brainer topics in other communities like how text | should | CA> be represented are highly contentious. | | Our community is not "divided", it simply has a large number of | interests, meaning there is rarely a single standard library choice | that benefits all groups equally: academic, pedagogic, hobbyist, | commercial, etc. And exactly because we're not divided, we naturally | avoid favoring the needs of one group over another. | | -- | John Wiegley GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B | B80F | https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewart | isans.com&data=01%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C9ca50ffb913e4bd8d85 | e08d3e734b644%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=1cmogRP206x | YBhVlCDmjtd9LWhASaSAVCVkYxEhYAak%3D&reserved=0 | 60E1 46C4 BD1A 7AC1 4BA2 | _______________________________________________ | Haskell-Cafe mailing list | To (un)subscribe, modify options or view archives go to: | https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.h | askell.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fhaskell- | cafe&data=01%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C9ca50ffb913e4bd8d85e08d3 | e734b644%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1&sdata=r9Yrp3gngUbqhn0u | qgpfNaKEEhFwukLZBIeKcvDPrrc%3D&reserved=0 | Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post.