Re: New EEP draft: Pinning operator ^ in patterns

Interesting...  I will try keep my eyes more open.

Best regards
/ Raimo


On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 11:12:09AM +0100, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
> On 22/01/2021 10:28, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 10:21:04AM +0100, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
> >> On 22/01/2021 10:09, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> >>> You are attempting the Trump argumentation line:
> >>>
> >>>      Repeat a lie until it is accepted as true.
> >>>
> >>> I hate that.  Please stop doing that!
> >>
> >> Don't know why you attribute this to Trump, this is as old as humanity,
> >> and there are far better examples everyday from news organizations,
> >> politicians, PR people and so on. It's how much of the world operates.
> > 
> > Sadly you are right.  Trump has just become a face for it.  That is why he
> > is today my first association.  And it is the first time an American
> > president uses it so blatantly and often.
> 
> You've not been paying attention. The most well known case is Irak's 
> WMDs that led to a pointless war. There are countless cases going back 
> all the way to the 70s if not more. Trump was not special in that 
> regard. If anything, he meant and did what he said a lot more than 
> typical politicians who just give empty promises.
> 
> What feels new is the unity of the establishment (including the media) 
> against the president. But it's not new either, it happened every time a 
> president challenged the status quo.
> 
> There's a strong parallel to Kennedy for example: 
> https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/john-f-kennedy-and-the-press
> 
> There are many other cases. Reagan is probably the most recent case.
> 
> Now we are back to the establishment being back in bed with the 
> president. So you're going to see the opposite happening. Instead of 
> constantly attacking the president, you're going to see the media 
> lauding him for every little things. When scandals inevitably happen, 
> they'll be ignored or, if too big, shown but quickly forgotten. Negative 
> news about Covid will disappear in a flash, to give you an example.
> 
> To be fair I'm not predicting anything, this has already happened. But 
> you probably have not noticed yet.
> 
> When you do, you will start to notice it every time.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Loïc Hoguin
> https://ninenines.eu

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/ Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB