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I've noticed that any time you need to use the word "still" to argue for something, you've usually already lost the debate or the larger point. I can't imagine
by tharne 4y ago
I've noticed that any time you need to use the word "still" to argue for something, you've usually already lost the debate or the larger point.
I can't imagine anyone writing a post along the lines of, "Why I still recommend SQL for querying databases", even though SQL was conceived back in the 70's. "Still", in this context more often than not suggests that a grasping-at-straws is taking place.
Julia has a lot of neat features, but at the end of the day, it's a research language rather than a getting things done language.
- DNF2 4y agoThis seems like some sort of magical thinking. Some random person uses a particular word in a personal blog post (there's nothing official about this), and somehow this influences the technical merits of the subject of the blog post. Can you explain the causal connection here?