What I really want from you is exactly nothing. I couldn't give a rat's ass what you choose. I'm pointing out that the chains you find yourself shackled in are of your own creation, in your own imagination.
I mean, I did say I'd help you with whatever your repo was, didn't I? What an ungracious insinuation!
> If pg released Arc 3.2, I know I only need to modify my application to account for the diff between Arc 3.1 to Arc 3.2. That should be a smaller changeset than the changeset between Arc3.1 to Anarki.
You're making some big assumptions about Paul Graham's lack of productivity in the last five years.
> They added to Arc 3.1, but they did not remove from it or modify semantics.
If you define a new function and arc 3.2 happens to define the same name, is that incompatible?
> I also stick with Arc because HN is written in it while I don't know of applications written in Anarki.
I don't understand. Anarki provides the HN codebase just like the arc codebase that constitutes 99% of its code.
> What also prevents someone from being locked in is compatibility, not just tests. Having tests for an incompatible language doesn't help a user when switching the language.
I have no idea what the words you use mean. Tests help you if you're willing to, you know, open a file and write code to make them pass.
This is an unproductive discussion. I'll leave you to keep searching for "compatible" additions to a language that never promised compatibility, where that very concept is utterly meaningless.
I'm sorry I insinuated you want something from me. You've done a lot to selflessly help Arc since it was released, probably more than its own authors and I appreciate that. I'm also sorry I upset you.
