Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>: > Where are we going? What's our long-range vision? > > Three years from now where will we be? > > 1. How will we handle characters? > 2. How will we handle bytes? > 3. What will unadorned literal strings "do"? > 4. Will literal strings be the same type as byte arrays? > > I don't see how we can make decisions today without a vision for the > future. I think that this is the central point in our disagreement. Some > of us are aiming for as much compatibility with where we think we should > be going and others are aiming for as much compatibility as possible > with where we came from. And *that* is the most insightful statement I have seen in this entire foofaraw (which I have carefully been staying right the hell out of). Everybody meditate on the above, please. Then declare your objectives *at this level* so our Fearless Leader can make an informed decision *at this level*. Only then will it make sense to argue encoding theology... -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a> "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Barry Goldwater (actually written by Karl Hess)
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