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> weren’t competing with each other but instead learn from each other What is the difference? Using polite words to communicate?
by ivanjermakov 10mo ago
> weren’t competing with each other but instead learn from each other
What is the difference? Using polite words to communicate?
- edvinbesic 10mo agoYou catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- ibuildbots 10mo agowhy would I want to attract bugs? Vinegar keeps them away from me
- card_zero 10mo agoIt isn't even true. https://xkcd.com/357/ https://xkcd.com/357/ "Head over heels" is another weird idiom. I'm so in love, I'm standing in a normal orientation.
- atombender 10mo ago"Head over heels" is actually a corruption of "heels over head". It's one of those corruptions which flips the meaning (ironically, in this case!) on its head, or just becomes meaningless over time as it's reinterpreted (like "the exception that proves the rule" or "begs the question").
- timeon 10mo agoBut then you are left with less honey.
- impoppy 10mo agoCompeting with each other would be trying to one-up each other feature-wise, whereas what I have witnessed was things like discussing trade-offs made in different languages and juggling around ideas on if some feature from language A would make sense in language B too.