Re: Usefulness vs. Purity
Discussions like this make me recall a discussion I had with a friend in 1974. My group was trying to decide between a PDP-11 and a Nova 3, which was going to be programmed in assembly language. Since my friend used both machines, I asked his advice.
He pointed out advantages and disadvantages of both machines. He said that in the end, they performed very similarly.
Then he said that he preferred programming the Nova because (here is the key point) that was the one he programmed the most, so he was more familiar with it. One of the few times I've heard a truly honest answer. Instead, most of us spend a lot of energy rationalizing our (irrational) opinions. And most of us are pretty good at it.
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