To summarize your posts in this thread, if you have a representation (R) and you discover a new representation (R') where R' is provably better than R. R' however has a cost associated with converting to it, lets call it the impedance.
My reading of your posts is that you advocate ignoring any R' that has an impedance greater than zero. Surely it would be wiser to evaluate the switch to R' if the value of R' less the impedance of R' is positive?
No, it's neither fair nor accurate. Anyway, I see no point in continuing this conversation against a bunch of Lisp fans who will accept any old nonsense if it's pro-Lisp.
My reading of your posts is that you advocate ignoring any R' that has an impedance greater than zero. Surely it would be wiser to evaluate the switch to R' if the value of R' less the impedance of R' is positive?
Is this a fair representation of your position?