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The GP made nothing more than a prediction about the future. Let's let the future determine whether he was right or wrong, no need for squabbling.

• kbenson 6y ago
  No, their first paragraph was a prediction. Their second was a assertion of fact without any evidence provided. They could have hedged that statement with "I think", or "in my opinion", but instead they went with "They're wrong; full stop, no qualifications, no asterisk, no footnote, they are totally wrong on this". Strong assertions require strong evidence, and not providing that evidence deserves to be called out. At least that's generally the consensus of the community here, as I see it.
  • Aeolun 6y ago
    Every package manager that came before cargo/crates.io is not enough evidence for their assertion?
    • kbenson 6y ago
      Not if they don't actually mention it, no. It's not that evidence doesn't exist (it may or may not, and people may or may not agree that something is evidence), it's that none was provided. Without that, all you get is people yelling that they're right and someone else is wrong. Evidence lets people move the argument to useful territory.
    • dragonwriter 6y ago
      > Every package manager that came before cargo/crates.io is not enough evidence for their assertion? Since not every package manager that came before it is consistent with the assertion, no.