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The tech world is full of standards that didn't catch on universally for one reason or another. If a new attempt can try the same idea, learn some lessons, and
by stetrain 3y ago
The tech world is full of standards that didn't catch on universally for one reason or another.
If a new attempt can try the same idea, learn some lessons, and get more traction then I think that's a good thing.
- pjmlp 3y agoAs long as one acknowledges the trailed path I guess.
- spankalee 3y agoWho cares that much? Should WASI have an entire history of cross-platform computing in its spec?
- pjmlp 3y agoYes, that is a common section in computing papers.
- spankalee 3y agoWASI isn't an academic paper.
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- pjmlp 3y agoPardon me, I thought there was some rigor involved, my mistake.
- jraph 3y agoPapers are not the only way to show rigor and are not even sufficient. Should we insult you with a huge list of rigorous enough things that were not designed in a paper? Or perhaps a list of unrigorous papers? I hope you are not using a computer with a common OS and the tools it comes with because you might be in for some sadness and sorrow. Or maybe your snark is unwarranted and you should take a step back on this. I think nobody is claiming WASI is a brand new idea that is built from scratch without taking inspiration from anything old. On the contrary, it is immediately obvious to anyone with the most basic culture on the topic reading about WASI that it takes inspiration from previous work. And it's fine.
- pjmlp 3y agoI have a think skin, something that appears to be missing on current cancellation culture.