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"We do not quite see the engineering world split into camps over what kinds of bridges are best. Other, more mature, disciplines realize that technical design decisions require a scientific process, and have evolved internal processes for handling conflicts and disputes."

Apparently Emin Gün Sirer has never heard of the browser wars or emacs vs vim, or any of the other tribalistic divisions that have happened in the software engineering field - division and 'picking a side' are very common occurrences.