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If someone asks you the "best" way to do something but does not give you context for the problem being solved then the question is stupid. There is no all-purpo
by satysin 10y ago
If someone asks you the "best" way to do something but does not give you context for the problem being solved then the question is stupid. There is no all-purpose "best" way to do anything when it comes to complex systems. You use the "best" way for the problem in hand that may be shared memory, pipes, writing to a file, RPC, etc.
- harveywi 10y agoExactly. When handed an under-specified problem (semantics), hand back a lambda compiled in the target language (syntax). "What do you mean? African or European?"
- kabdib 10y agoUpvote for "hand back a lambda". I was laughing. "Here, run this unsigned code for me in your head." That has all kinds of possibilities . . . [See John Barnes' book _Candle_ if you want some scary prognostication. Warning, it's kind of graphic and disturbing in spots]
- havetocharge 10y agoWell put. If there was the best way, then it would be the only way.