It may be that a commonly established convention is what's meant by a problem being 'solved'. Maybe some things could be done in many different ways that are al

It may be that a commonly established convention is what's meant by a problem being 'solved'. Maybe some things could be done in many different ways that are all about as good as each other. At some point having 'a' way to do things rather than someone's arbitrary notion of the 'best' way is sufficient and trying to find some better way (that may or may not exist) is only a waste of effort.