On Monday, 21 January 2013 at 22:20:45 UTC, Thiez wrote:
Nick, Teoh, what exactly do you guys hope to accomplish with
your current discussion? What if someone who comes from a
dynamically typed language wants to check out D and reads that
vitriolic crap the two of you are spewing? I'm sure they'll
feel very welcome knowing that what appears to be the D
community thinks their current language of choice (which may
simply be because it is the only language they have gotten a
chance to learn) is cancer and a plague, that they are a fool,
a dumbass, not a real programmer, and are guaranteed to write
garbage. They will turn around and never return. And they'd be
right. Why would they want to become part of a community that
actively hates and despises them?
Well, if people can't make a difference between themselve and a
programming language, they have really bad psychological issues.
Look, I get it, the two of you don't like dynamic typing.
Neither do I. That is no absolutely excuse to bash dynamically
typed languages and the people who use them. I expect D users
can be divided into two groups: one with people that already
prefer statically typed languages (in which case you are
preaching to the choir), and one that consists of people who
think both static- and dynamically typed languages have their
uses (in which case they are probably well aware of the pros
and cons and you are not going to convince them, but you will
manage to leave the impression that they are not *really*
welcome).
I use dynamically typed language on a daily basis at work. It
doesn't prevent me to acknowledge it is complete crap. I also
understand that I am not the programming language, so I don't
feel bad about it.
Take a moment to think about on the impression you are
creating. If you really need a dynamic-typing-circlejerk every
now and then, consider having it in private or in a context
where it will not reflect badly on the D community.
OK, let's start the politically correct game.
dynamically typed language are great, but they have issue X and Y
sounds much better.
