On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, curious wrote:
> I find language wars to often be uneducated, trivial, and misleading..
> below is an example... basically s/he is saying "I don't know about this..
> so it must be bad"
Chris, I agree that language wars are usually worthless. You've totally
missed my point. I wouldn't bother replying, except that maybe others
have to and I think what I said was valid. Basically it just boils down
to "if you use tools that are commonly installed on the vast majority of
machines to begin with, you will make it easy for prospective users to
take advantage of what you've created"... Nobody wants to spend a lot of
time and effort constructing something that won't be used. I was simply
presenting one possible factor that MIGHT turn people off. If it doesn't
seem like it would deter many people, then ignore what I've said -- I just
thought it would be better to consider the pros and cons as thoroughly
as possible *before* people put lots of time and effort into something.
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