> Good enough wins. Worse is better rules. Release early... and so on.
None of that applies to this case, where ML is not only a fair bit older than Java, but abides the principle of "worse is better" far more.
> While scheme, standardml and numerous other perfect little languages are mostly just Wikipedia pages now.
Frankly, I'm thankful I work in an environment with creative autonomy and can choose (and create) my own tools, rather than being forced to work with ones I don't particularly care for because they had a large marketing push.
None of that applies to this case, where ML is not only a fair bit older than Java, but abides the principle of "worse is better" far more.
> While scheme, standardml and numerous other perfect little languages are mostly just Wikipedia pages now.
Frankly, I'm thankful I work in an environment with creative autonomy and can choose (and create) my own tools, rather than being forced to work with ones I don't particularly care for because they had a large marketing push.