Re: BeanShell alternatives (was Re: Status of projectand adding 1.5 generics)

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> From: David A. Lee <[email protected]>
> To: fschmidt <[email protected]>; beanshell-developers-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:28:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Beanshell-dev] BeanShell alternatives (was Re: Status of projectand adding 1.5 generics)
> 
> >> I feel that the first step in Leading an offshoot of Beanshell is to make
> >> and achieve agreement on a list of bugs to be fixed in the base of the
> >> offshoot.
> >>
> >
> > Why?  If everyone would just fix whatever bugs bother them in a common
> > source repository, then we would all benefit.  This is why I set up
> > BeanShell2.  Whenever I run into a bug that affects me, I fix it there.  I
> > wish others would do the same.
> 
> Because with something like beanshell there is no formal specification.
> That means one person's bug is anothers feature.   In  a program like 
> beanshell,
> its current implementation is the 'defacto standard'.
> 
> Certianly there are a class of bugs that we all would agree are truely bugs,
> but I suggest there is a huge wider range of "things I think are wrong" that 
> others would disagree.
> For some programs and people thats fine for others it is not.
> For example, I would stop using Java or C if anyone who thought there was a 
> "bug" decided to "fix" it.
> 
> There's good reasons for annoying painful slow beuracracies ... especially 
> when the original innovator is no longer participating.
> 
> 

I'll agree with that. Seems perhaps like Tomcat does, maybe multiple versions which just get patches applied for issues in that version would be good.

Wade



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