Timeline for Are questions asking for "The best way" always primarily opinion-based?
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| Aug 21 at 7:50 | comment | added | julaine | @AbdulAzizBarkat Oftentimes, the most readable solution is also the most performant. Because languages, libraries and frameworks are designed to be fast on idiomatic code. | |
| Oct 18, 2023 at 0:03 | history | edited | David Thielen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 23:57 | comment | added | David Thielen | @D.W. You're creating a straw-man argument. As Cerbrus said, every answer is what that responder thinks is the best solution. It's their opinion. Only an incredibly arrogant person would think their answer is the only correct answer. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 17:48 | comment | added | D.W. | Stack Overflow is not here to host opinion polls, or questions where every answer is equally valid. See stackoverflow.com/help/dont-ask. Questions exist to help us build a knowledge database that will be helpful to others in the future (not just for the asker). For that to work well, answerers have to be able to predict what candidate answers will be acceptable, and voters have to know what criteria or requirements to use to evaluate proposed answers. That is why we expect and require questions to be explicit about the requirements and criteria. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 15:50 | comment | added | David Thielen | @AbdulAzizBarkat very good point on what constitutes "best." And that should be asked and answered. But that holds for "any solution" too because what matters to me could rule out some "any" solutions. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 15:48 | comment | added | David Thielen | @Cerbrus Yes it is. And I want your opinion on what the best solution is. I much prefer that to give me a solution that might not be best. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:48 | history | edited | jonrsharpe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:46 | comment | added | Abdul Aziz Barkat | The phrasing does make a difference, "best" in what way? Readability? Execution speed? Memory efficiency? User friendliness? There are so many ways best can be interpreted, if you are looking for the "best way" you should be a bit more specific. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:43 | comment | added | Cerbrus | You're debating semantics here... Of course users are asking for the "best" solution, but explicitly asking for "best" is just inviting opinions. | |
| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:40 | history | answered | David Thielen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |