On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:48:23AM +0100, Jonathan Lange wrote: > > On the other hand, there's a related invalid argument that gets used a > lot by library and framework authors: "if we provide X, people might > misuse it, so we should not provide X". This argument is also bogus > (that way lies Java). Provide safe, well-documented alternatives for > the abusers and let those who want to shoot themselves in the foot do > so: sometimes they might actually know better than you.
And this is a great way to sum up the point I was trying to make. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868
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