Re: Do shorthands break basic tooling (tags, grep, etc)? (was Re: Shorthands have landed on master)

[André A . Gomes]

João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:54 AM Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
>
>> > Using grep and tag systems to reason about a Lisp program is like eating
>> > soup with a fork.  You can do it, but it's the wrong tool.
>>
>> That is a very negative and unhelpful thing to say.  Do you have the
>> requisite background to say it?
>
> Is there a "requisite background" to express opinions on this mailing list?
> Must have missed that memo.

I believe Alan sensed some gratuitous arrogance in my words, and that's
certainly unplesant.  The soup joke went perhaps too far.  

I am genuinely interested in discussing the technical side of the issue
at hand, not in "shaming" anyone.  I'm certainly not an "authority", so
expect a humble attitude from my side.


-- 
André A. Gomes
"Free Thought, Free World"