<div dir="ltr"><div>Isn't that being at least a bit exaggerated/hyperbolic? Erlang has
fairly glyphy <<"binaries">>, $c $h $a $r $s are also not
entirely glyph-free, and neither are ?MACROS. Or the "send" operator
(!), though it's not often used in production code in my experience.</div><div><br></div><div>While
I'm not massively for this particular EEP (I'd describe my position as
ambivalent - I'd use it if it made it in, but I'll lose zero sleep if it
doesn't), it feels like some people in this list (and this is most
definitely not aimed at Craig in particular!) are laying the hyperbole
on thick. A few key points appear to be "new == bad", "comes from elixir
== bad", "look at C++ and how terrible that is going". So, I'd like to
raise some questions in response: <br></div><div><br></div><div>* Do
people here genuinely feel that Erlang is in its global optimum state
right now and there are no positive improvements that can be made?<br></div><div>*
Do people here genuinely believe that Elixir is strictly a bad thing,
no positive things can come of it, and any ideas that in some way
originate from Elixir is some kind of plague?</div><div>* Lastly,
there's a theme of taking potshots at C++. While it is true that its
evolution brought some bad things along with the good, I've not heard a
single C++ developer wishing that they could move their codebase(s) back
to an older C++ standard, which actually happens to be entirely
feasible in C++ ecosystem (some people/orgs run some _very_ old
codebases, and as a result ancient codebases are supported by newest
versions of compilers). So, how bad is the situation in "modern" C++
land really..? (this last question is more rhetoric - I do not with to
start a lengthy discussion about merits of C++'s new additions in an
Erlang mailing list)</div><div><br></div><div>There's also some
suggestions of how Erlang _should_ evolve. Those include things that I
also consider good ideas, but in some cases making them a reality can be
tricky because one has to work out a backwards compatibility strategy,
provide some reference implementation etc. Criticising such work
produced by others is on the other hand relatively easy. So I ask the
proposers - how are _you_ contributing to a more "Erlang-y" future of
the language? where are your EEPs? It's clear that some people in the
community use Erlang extensively enough to face some issues with the
language, and they're trying to make suggestions on how these might be
improved. What we get from the mailing list community is a bunch of
claims about how the proposers' problems are not real problems and/or
their solutions are literally killing the language. So, my last question
is - doesn't this kind of attitude have some elements of cutting the
branch we (as the Erlang community) are sitting on..?</div><div><br></div><div>I
hope my questions didn't offend anyone (and particularly people whose
points I referenced in my mail) - I've been a reader of the mailing list
for many years and learned a lot from the regular posters here.
However, there's been a few "incidents" over the years where some
seemingly small things got blown completely out of proportion, and I
think the community would be better off if its members firstly assumed
overall positive intent (even though it might have downsides for some
individual users), and took a few deep breaths before hitting "send",
particularly in cases where typing up your response was a
blood-pressure-raising activity.</div><div><br></div><div>I wish everyone all the best, and I hope that this (and future) discussions could get a tiny bit less emotionally charged.</div><div><br></div><div>Karl</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 at 06:29, zxq9 <<a href="mailto:zxq9@zxq9.com">zxq9@zxq9.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> From the EEP, which is about "pinning operators" (will the nonsense<br>
cease?):<br>
> In Erlang, they would be optional<br>
<br>
So why would you even want this? The entire idea is stupid, *implies* a<br>
break with the basic rules already built into the language, and appears<br>
to be nothing more than a way to roadmap the destruction of Erlang over<br>
time with gee-whiz glyphy syntax of the sort which Erlang has been thus<br>
far generally free.<br>
<br>
That's a big "NO" from me on this EEP, but I imagine anyone could have<br>
already guessed that. Thanks for the heads up. I don't expect sanity to<br>
prevail over time -- it is just the trend of the times -- but it was<br>
interesting to at least see this mentioned to those of us still<br>
subscribed to the bad dirty old ML.<br>
<br>
-Craig<br>
<br>
On 2022/04/21 21:32, Leonard Boyce wrote:<br>
> I'm copying the Erlang Questions ML with this post since there was<br>
> significant and heated discussion regarding this EEP and not all ML<br>
> subscribers have joined the forum.<br>
> <br>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 10:20 PM Bryan Paxton via Erlang Forums<br>
> <<a href="mailto:noreply@erlangforums.com" target="_blank">noreply@erlangforums.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> starbelly EEF Board<br>
>> April 21<br>
>><br>
>> EEP-0055 (<a href="https://github.com/erlang/eep/blob/master/eeps/eep-0055.md" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/erlang/eep/blob/master/eeps/eep-0055.md</a>) was submitted on<br>
>> 21-Dec-2020.<br>
>><br>
>> An accompanying implementation (<a href="https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2951" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2951</a>) was submitted in which a lot of conversation ensued.<br>
>><br>
>> It was decided that the EEP would not be set for inclusion in OTP-24, per the time table at that juncture and that it would be revisited prior to OTP-25. OTP-25 is now at a point where this is not possible.<br>
>><br>
>> That said, I wanted to start a topic here about the EEP and gun for inclusion in OTP-26.<br>
>><br>
>> I would point to @kennethL’s last comment (<a href="https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2951#issuecomment-770878570" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2951#issuecomment-770878570</a>) on the PR as a starting point for discussion.<br>
>><br>
>> I suppose my overarching question here is : Is this still on the table? And if so, what are the road blocks? Kenneth pointed out some possible roadblacks that needed investigation, but it’s not clear to me what happened after that.<br>
>><br>
>> Of course, since I’m raising this topic, I’m obviously in favor of the operator I’d also be happy to work to drive it forward.<br>
>><br>
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