Sure, there are technical arguments for this approach, but there are also technical arguments for "the strings in our strings API should really be valid Unicode strings". I have no horse in this race and I have no preference, but I do see both options as completely valid.
The problem is when you say things like people that prefer the latter approach "can only be either dishonest, or incompetent". Putting it kindly, you're basically only making enemies at that point, and you seem unwilling to consider other points of view, at best. You seem absolutely baffled about why your tone, phrasing, and language are making others uncomfortable, even as you continue to insult those you're trying to influence.
I have never met you before this conversation, and I came away with a very negative impression. There are reasons you aren't being listened to, and they are problems with you and your behavior, not grand conspiracies.
There are battles worth staking your entire professional reputation over -- the GC repo is full of people doing that -- but this is definitely not one of them.
Well, I tried. Anyway, even if I was the abhorrent monster you keep painting in your almost exclusively ad hominem argumentation while accusing me of what you are undoubtedly guilty of yourself, I'd argue that none of this justifies plain ignoring technical concerns in a standardization effort. This exchange is an almost perfect reflection of the practices prevalent in the Wasm CG, that made the Component Model, and likely other things elsewhere, possible almost uncontested. And surely this is deliberate abuse, and I hope people can see that. And coincidentally, that's exactly my critique. I hope nobody is surprised that being at the receiving end of this, despite your best efforts, for years, is an extraordinarily frustrating experience, and that this is exactly the point.
The problem is when you say things like people that prefer the latter approach "can only be either dishonest, or incompetent". Putting it kindly, you're basically only making enemies at that point, and you seem unwilling to consider other points of view, at best. You seem absolutely baffled about why your tone, phrasing, and language are making others uncomfortable, even as you continue to insult those you're trying to influence.
I have never met you before this conversation, and I came away with a very negative impression. There are reasons you aren't being listened to, and they are problems with you and your behavior, not grand conspiracies.
There are battles worth staking your entire professional reputation over -- the GC repo is full of people doing that -- but this is definitely not one of them.