What irked me many times: people around here idolizing a certain PL they learned as kids and giving it much more credit than it ever deserved.
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I completely understand the almost PTSD levels of reactions when people say "you actually can do ${obviously_difficult_thing} in ${obviusly_niche_language}!". I have the same reactions towards these statements myself.
I mean sure, if you're a good enough physicist you probably can make a lounge chair out of toothpicks, toilet paper tubes, rubberbands and glue. Doesn't mean that it's sustainable or viable to do so for everyone else. It's just your hobby; go wild and have fun! Don't pretend that's how lounge chairs should be mass-produced, however.
Same goes for PLs.
A lot of PLs should have remained niche curiosities and research ideas -- and nothing beyond that. Sadly we both know how people are. They easily fall in love and lose all scientific objectivity.
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What irked me many times: people around here idolizing a certain PL they learned as kids and giving it much more credit than it ever deserved.
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I completely understand the almost PTSD levels of reactions when people say "you actually can do ${obviously_difficult_thing} in ${obviusly_niche_language}!". I have the same reactions towards these statements myself.
I mean sure, if you're a good enough physicist you probably can make a lounge chair out of toothpicks, toilet paper tubes, rubberbands and glue. Doesn't mean that it's sustainable or viable to do so for everyone else. It's just your hobby; go wild and have fun! Don't pretend that's how lounge chairs should be mass-produced, however.
Same goes for PLs.
A lot of PLs should have remained niche curiosities and research ideas -- and nothing beyond that. Sadly we both know how people are. They easily fall in love and lose all scientific objectivity.
So yeah, I quite get your frustration.