alt Hacker NewsInteresting that it never talks about direct competitors to the "middle ground" as well, like Java, C#, Erlang, Haskell, various Lisps, etc.
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pjmlp • yesterday at 5:35 PM
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Interesting that it never talks about direct competitors to the "middle ground" as well, like Java, C#, Erlang, Haskell, various Lisps, etc.
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Not all that interesting when you think about it. Doing so would lead to having to admit that the Go team was right that the proposed arena solution isn't right; that there is a better solution out there. Which defies the entire basis of the blog post. The sunk cost fallacy wouldn't want to see all the effort put into the post go to waste upon realizing that the premise is flawed.
The post could have also mentioned that the Go project hasn't given up. There are alternatives being explored to accomplish the same outcome. But, as before, that would invalidate the basis of the post and the sunk cost fallacy cannot stand the idea of having to throw the original premise into the trash.