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Why are non-essential "improvements" being made to my implementation? #733
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I just came back after a few years away to find that in addition to improvements to make-a-lisp in general - and bug-fixes to my implementation (c.2) which I have no problem at all with - that my version of mal has been thoroughly ruined by some one called [asarhaddon].
MAL is a learning exercise and the goal is not to make a perfect implementations. We can all learn by looking at how other people implemented different parts of the interpreter, warts and all.
If [asarhaddon] wants to make an optimised version he can make his own from scratch and leave mine alone. Why is he messing with my version to the extent that I don't recognise it anymore?
I don't think this is remotely in the spirit of MAL and I do not understand why these changes were accepted.
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asarhaddon commentedon Apr 23, 2026
Sorry, I thought this was a collaborative game where everyone learns and the implementations improve incrementally.
That said, I certainly do not want to demotivate other players, and have no objection to revert some changes you find inappropriate.