On Monday, September 15, 2014 11:14:10 AM UTC-4, clifford wrote:
Yes, the proliferation problem is a serious one. There are a half a dozen logical languages (in the present sense) around in various stages of development (mostly early) and activity (mostly slight). This new enterprise seems to be driven less by the old "perfection being the enemy of the good" bugbear and more by frustration with bureaucratic inertia (though, interestingly, the first step in the project is to set up a new bureaucracy).
I wish it wasn't necessary. But someone has to manage the project and make the final approvals. Just the facts of life. However, it will be kept as simple, minimal and fair as possible.
Personally, though I am perfection-driven, I have decided that it is a better use of time and talent (a lot of the one, a little of the other) to work with a nearly completed project in the hope that it will mange to get completed into a product that is good enough (does all the crucial things, even if in sloppy, inefficient, even
ugly, ways).
The hard question is, when is "good enough" good enough? That's why I created this project, as a way to keep getting better. I don't think it needs to be an either-or choice.