[zeromq-dev] C++ assertion failed with Java client

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist at mac.com> wrote:

> Again, I have no opinion. I'll allow others to voice theirs.

I'm always happy to collect and voice opinions.

First, we'd enjoy a lot less mention of Felix here, it feels like
zeromq-dev has become the target of a Felix astroturfing campaign.

Second, John, though your enthusiasm is welcome in its general
addition of energy to the list, it is doubtless irritating to people
who have spent the last years carefully optimizing and tuning this
library. My strong advice is to stop suggesting improvements as though
they were obvious. Read my blog on Complexity Oriented Design if you
want to understand why your proposal to invent fifteen (or was it 35)
new semantics for "message" is not helpful.

Third, and again from the same blog, the only sane way to work in a
large and complex project like libzmq (or indeed in a tiny new
project) is by single iterative steps where each step fixes a
well-known, clearly argued problem in a *minimal* fashion.

So, in summary, let's cut the philosophy and focus on targeted
*minimal* patches to solve identified problems.

I repeat the word *minimal* for emphasis. If you are spending fifteen
emails arguing a design, it isn't minimal.

Cheers
-Pieter