Hi Peter,
> Am 20.07.2016 um 00:26 schrieb Peter Livesey via swift-evolution
> <swift-evolution@swift.org>:
>
> 1. I don't understand what problem this solves?
That's just natural — most likely you have just a different mindset.
There are already several cases where "bureaucrats try to constrict freedom"
(sorry, it's hard to come up with neutral words here... but on the other hand:
a bureaucrat may have a much more positive interpretation of this term than I
;-), and when I noticed it for the first time, I was really baffled why someone
tries hard to push a change that creates limitations without offering any
significant benefit…
I found the missing piece to understand the situation here
http://martinfowler.com/bliki/DirectingAttitude.html
<http://martinfowler.com/bliki/DirectingAttitude.html>
Fowler did a great job, and with this hint I realized why I couldn't find any
good arguments for the other side: There is none — at least for me, as It is
all only a matter of perspective.
The only thing missing in Fowlers three articles are good designations for
members of the two camps (I personally refer to my side as the "hackers", and I
already mentioned the "bureaucrats" ;-)
Imho the discussion would greatly improve if everybody accepted this model of
two contrary attitudes.
This insight really helped me to keep my sanity in the face of many others
acting absolutely "nuts", fighting for a change with nothing but downsides and
not even a single example that there are situations where it would be
beneficial for me.
So my advice: Be glad that you don't see such problems in your real work life,
and hope that the extremists who would like to completely remove classic object
orientation and cripple Swift to fully match their ideals don't prevail ;-)
- Tino
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