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> Most of all, however, it makes composability hard. I see this argument a lot as if it's self evident. Using X makes Y hard. Ok, what if you don't need Y?
by michaelcampbell 5y ago
> Most of all, however, it makes composability hard.
I see this argument a lot as if it's self evident. Using X makes Y hard. Ok, what if you don't need Y?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Using X makes Y hard. Ok, what if you don't need Y? Then knock yourself out using X. It's an argument about the purpose of the alternative and what it is intended to be useful for. Assuming that it is valid, it tells you both for what purposes you might want to use the alternative and for what purposes you might not want to bother. Z improves on X for Y is fairly explicitly not an argument that Z is superior to X for all purposes.