Exageration in "the middle path" about next-700-module-systems

[JacquesCarette]

Ok, let's then have a diagram that both of us agree reflects the situation properly.

Perhaps it is the Venn-like qualities of the diagram that I dislike? Maybe if it were laid out more like a 'spectrum' of choices, with perhaps more than 3 included, with your work lying "in the middle" but with characteristics of both ends (since it is a spectrum rather than a discrete choice), I would be happier?

[alhassy]

I agree with both of those points; yet disagree with the conclusion.

Here are other things that I believe to be true:

• Some people do execute their programs after manually executing a preprocessor,
• Some languages have a preprocessor built in
• Some languages have preprocessor-support as part of the dominant IDEs
• Some people do alter the compiler, or do make a preprocessor not silently part of the IDE

Perhaps the reason I have kept that diagram is that is is ``so connected in my own mind with the ideas that I was writing about that for me to deprive my readers of the connection that I myself felt so strongly would be nothing less than perverse.'' ;-)

[alhassy]

I agree that a spectrum is the way to go; good idea!

With your prompt of including more possibilities, I've produced a 2-dimensional spectrum, ie a plane. Then I stuck PackageFormer in a somewhat reasonable position (•̀ᴗ•́)و

[alhassy]

Closing since the 2-dimensional spectrum on p101, of the most recent commit, should suffice ---otherwise deletion is always an option.