Re: the role of metaphor in scientific thought

Posted by gepr on Jun 23, 2017; 7:29pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/the-role-of-metaphor-in-scientific-thought-tp7590080p7590118.html


OK.  I mostly agree.  But at some point, there might be an unresolveable ambiguity in the kernel, at which point I would be forced to allow pluralism.  That's why I allow pluaralism from the start... to avoid having to change my mind later. 8^)  I think it's easier to go from many to one than it is from one to many.

On 06/23/2017 12:25 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> I'd make a distinction between embedded DSLs (built on general-purpose programming languages) and DSLs which are not.   I don't want to get stuck thinking about only those things where the language is established and works well.   I want to be able to step away from it and change it when it doesn't work.   If language L' does something useful L doesn't, then I want to use its utility to drag the community along to my way of thinking.  DSLs lead to rule by committee and stagnation.


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