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What do we think of "soft / meta" questions?
I've been asking questions about programming language design at a higher level than the more technical kinds of questions I suppose many people are expecting to see here.
For example, so far, I've ...
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Are questions "What caveats are there when implementing X in a programming language?" on-topic?
I asked one such question and it got downvoted.
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Is it on-topic to ask about techniques for empirically evaluating a language's success at achieving a specific, commonly-sought design goal?
Such goals may include (but are not limited to): readability, usability, performance, maintainability, etc.
Are there cases when such questions should be considered off-topic? (aside from the reasons ...
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