[hippobravo]

Well, you're right that I'm an asshole. And you're right that I'm not inline with your discipline.

I'm just inline with my own discipline where promise has a different meaning, a super ordinate meaning that includes your meaning. As a consequence, anyone from your discipline just thinks I'm clueless. I'm definitely not going to convince you that the typical definition of promise, the one you're used to, is actually just an operational definition--an instrumental label assigned to a particular instance of a promise-like thing.

I'd cite the tiny field of cranks who think like me, but that would just bring shame on them by association. I'm not doing research in functional programming. I'm working on hair-splitting tyrannical distinctions-without-a-difference. According to your paradigm, I'm an outright fraud spouting bullshit. So enjoy your victory I guess.