On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:14:16 -0800 "H. S. Teoh" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:20:44PM +0100, 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? > [...] > > Let me set the record straight. I was merely writing my evaluation of > languages that I have tried before, and I never intended to attack > anyone personally. If I did, then I apologize. Criticizing a language > does not equal attacking the people associated with it. But avoiding > personal attacks does not exclude criticizing a language for what I > perceive as its flaws. > Same goes for me, too, but I wouldn't have been able to express it quite so clearly. Related note: If I go to a Python forum, I'm going to expect that I might see anti-static-typing sentiment from some people. Just like if you go to a Paul Greengrass fan forum, you kinda have to expect you might see "What's wrong with shaking the camera all around?" ;) If I then choose to get in a huf over it, *I'd* be the unreasonable one for expecting...well, for expecting not to see a leaf in the middle of a forest.
