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I think it is wrong to cherry pick the HTML example. It would have been invented outside (wasn't SGML already a thing?). Compared to open source in general the

by bnlpa 6y ago

I think it is wrong to cherry pick the HTML example. It would have been invented outside (wasn't SGML already a thing?). Compared to open source in general the CERN stacks are horrible, typical sloppy academic software of no use to the general public. Tons of stuff like the cling C++ interpreter that look interesting but are never polished to be generally useful.

lovemenot 6y ago
cling ? clang perhaps? Truth is, I did get your point. Perfect refinement is not necessary in every context. Your comment, like CERN's interpreter, though sloppy was fit for purpose.
- sampo 6y ago
  https://github.com/root-project/cling https://github.com/root-project/cling
  - lovemenot 6y ago
    Thanks. I retract the specific objection.
jrumbut 6y ago
There have been a lot of bad ideas in markup languages. Check out some of the ideas tossed around in the creation of HTML. Plenty of disasters averted by pragmatic thinkers and good luck. The web browser enabled my whole very comfortable career so I'm willing to overlook a sloppy C++ interpreter here and there.
SiempreViernes 6y ago
Depends on who you ask I guess, present value of root has been estimated[1] at around 2.8 billion Euro. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zpeh9wuzMs&feature=youtu.be&t=3125 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zpeh9wuzMs&feature=youtu.be...
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y ago
  I've never heard of anyone outside of physics using ROOT. Have you? The tech open source data stacks are their own quickly maturing but completely separate stacks.