Lars> What compiler? (I _really_ dislike bad compilers)
I dislike bad compilers, too.
But I dislike software of any kind that tells me to upgrade
half my system even more. I do that in very rare cases, but I'd
never do it just for the fun of trying "Yet another editor".
You can't simply go out and tell people: Reinstall your system just
to use my program *and* expect that many people will do that.
Using bleeding edge techniques actually prevent an immediate
widespread use of software. This is no help for any project.
This holy quest for sstream and namepaces buys us currently nothing
except a lot of trouble. People that might have done great work on
LyX otherwise are fixing compatibility issues. That's a complete waste
of resources. Patches that were intended to clean up and to make
program flow clearer get cluttered by #ifdefs. That is stupid, too.
It does not even buy us anything for the future, since we have to go
through all the code again and remove all of these monstrosities.
LyX is still a community project and I strongly feel that no single
person's private feelings on what is cool and what is not shall
dominate the community's ratio. No matter how much work gets done by
this individuum.
Oh yes. I mean it. And I am sober.
A decent compromise a step away from the bleeding edge usually
leads to broader acceptance.
Andre'
PS: Since we are at it: Unquoted eight-bit-characters in email
headers are not RFC conform and thus unpolite. They hinder
communication. To put it mildly.
PPS: I think it's already Friday somewhere in the far east.
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It'll take a long time to eat 63.000 peanuts.
André Pönitz ......................... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
