[Haskell-cafe] Batteries included

[Simon Peyton Jones]

|  Our community is not "divided", it simply has a large number of
|  interests, meaning there is rarely a single standard library choice
|  that benefits all groups equally: academic, pedagogic, hobbyist,
|  commercial, etc. And exactly because we're not divided, we naturally
|  avoid favoring the needs of one group over another.

Bravo John! You have re-framed the challenge (for challenge it is) as in a constructive way, one that acknowledges or even celebrates our differences, and encourages us to work together.  Thank you.

Simon

|  -----Original Message-----
|  From: Haskell-Cafe [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf
|  Of John Wiegley
|  Sent: 28 September 2016 01:16
|  To: Christopher Allen <cma at bitemyapp.com>
|  Cc: Haskell Cafe <haskell-cafe at haskell.org>
|  Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Batteries included
|  
|  >>>>> "CA" == Christopher Allen <cma at bitemyapp.com> writes:
|  
|  CA> Batteries included is a bad idea when the community is this
|  divided.
|  CA> Relative no-brainer topics in other communities like how text
|  should
|  CA> be represented are highly contentious.
|  
|  Our community is not "divided", it simply has a large number of
|  interests, meaning there is rarely a single standard library choice
|  that benefits all groups equally: academic, pedagogic, hobbyist,
|  commercial, etc. And exactly because we're not divided, we naturally
|  avoid favoring the needs of one group over another.
|  
|  --
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