Guido's intuition (was Re: typetesting, adaptation, typeclasses, ...)

[Jason Orendorff]

Aahz wrote:
> [...] nine times out of ten, if you think you disagree with Guido's
> intuition, you'll change your mind later.  As Alex (I think it was Alex)
> pointed out a few months ago, Guido's ability to do good design work
> vastly outstrips his ability to *explain* his thought processes.
> 
> Therefore, as long as you emphasize "*seemingly* arbitrary", you won't
> get flamed by me.

I agree with all that.  Not to take any credit away from the BDFL,
but I also think that about 4 times out of 10, what's important is not
his intuition, but simply that one (any) of the alternatives be chosen
and endorsed, so we can get on with it.

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