[andreasvc]

It seems to me that if everyone followed the kind of pragmatism that this post argues for, nothing new would ever be adopted.

[angersock]

That would be a feature not a bug.

Every developer should be forced, I believe, to read Arthur C. Clarke's story Superiority ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_%28short_story%29 ) and to reflect on its application to their profession.

EDIT: Story can be found here... http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html

[B1FF_PSUVM]

> Story can be found here

Well worth a few minutes. Not that teaching it would help much, wisdom rolls off people's minds like water off a duck's back.

[knieveltech]

Only if the new thing legitimately and very clearly solved a real problem that presented a credible barrier to work. That's a very high bar to clear when creating a new programming language.