meta data for this page
  •  

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
ancient_history [2020/10/30 15:56] – [Another name change. JavaCC (21)] revuskyancient_history [2020/10/30 15:57] (current) – [Another name change. JavaCC (21)] revusky
Line 111: Line 111:
 I undertook that cleanup and refactoring back in 2008 and it is largely done. The only basis for moving forward on the project is [[https://github.com/javacc21/javacc21|my version of the codebase]], the one that has been cleaned up. I undertook that cleanup and refactoring back in 2008 and it is largely done. The only basis for moving forward on the project is [[https://github.com/javacc21/javacc21|my version of the codebase]], the one that has been cleaned up.
  
-A couple of people have expressed misgivings about my taking the JavaCC name. One person said that this would "create confusion". I agree that there is potentially an issue there. However, my position is that the people creating confusion are the people running the legacy JavaCC project. In general, the people running a [[https://doku.javacc.com/doku.php?id=nothingburger|Nothingburger]] project are the ones "creating confusion" because, like it or not, a cold-blooded analysis of the situation is that they are basically perpetrating a fraud, trying to portray an inactive project as something active.+A couple of people have expressed misgivings about my taking the JavaCC name. One person said that this would "create confusion". I agree that there is potentially an issue there. However, my position is that the people creating confusion are the people running the legacy JavaCC project. In general, the people running a [[nothingburger]] project are the ones "creating confusion" because, like it or not, a cold-blooded analysis of the situation is that they are basically perpetrating a fraud, trying to portray an inactive project as something active.
  
 A [[nothingburger]] is essentially a fraud, because it amounts to artfully arranging your bun and your condiments and creating a //trompe l'oeil// so that people get tricked into thinking there is actually some beef in there. A [[nothingburger]] is essentially a fraud, because it amounts to artfully arranging your bun and your condiments and creating a //trompe l'oeil// so that people get tricked into thinking there is actually some beef in there.