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I love how JS makes project-specific imports unambiguous: `import "./project-dir/foo"` versus `import "installed-pkg/foo". I've been doing the same in my PL. I've just realised that `import "/home/wilfred/project/foo"` now works too. It's weird but probably harmless?

Futhark's design is deliberately trying to stay simple to keep long term design sustainable. The author also has an interesting discussion of relative versus absolute paths in import syntax, and how relative paths can make local analysis easier.

On thinking of books like software, treating them as evolving artifacts, and URLs versus paper book publishers: