that's v true - perhaps programmers are are too prone to idealism... but then again, it's a perk of the job ; )
On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 at 12:14 Peter Damoc <[email protected]> wrote: > Reality is prickly-goo and gooey-prickles > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vHnM8WPvU>. > > Elm sins by seeing reality too much from a prickly point of view. > You can call this opinionated but if it is taken to an extreme, you get > the symptoms typical to a prickly system, the main one being the stifling > of creativity. > Creative people are gooey and they don't thrive in an environment that is > too prickly. > > Also, businesses need gooey stuff because they deal with reality not with > some abstract world of ideas. > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:19 PM, John Orford <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think Elm is a very opinionated language - which lends itself to love & >> hate : ) Which is a good thing - languages in which you can do anything and >> everything are guey slimey things... >> >> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 at 18:36 Charles Scalfani <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Back in the day when Java was all the rage, I used to ask 2 interview >>> questions of developers: >>> >>> >>> 1. What do you love about Java? >>> 2. What do you hate about Java? >>> >>> I never cared what the answer was to #1. It turns out that they simply >>> listed all of the things that people who promoted Java mentioned, >>> write-once-run-anywhere, etc. >>> >>> It was #2 that I was really interested in. Many developers couldn't >>> think of a single thing. That told me that they didn't know Java. At the >>> time, I could've talked for an hour about all the things that were wrong >>> with Java (and still are). Why? Because I really knew the language. And >>> familiarity breeds contempt. >>> >>> This article feels like the answer to #1 by someone who really doesn't >>> know the language yet or at least hasn't built anything real or large with >>> it. >>> >>> Don't get me wrong I love Elm but it's not perfect (no language is). >>> >>> I'd hope that your articles include the good, bad and the ugly. By doing >>> so, you will help more people understand if Elm is right for them in a >>> balanced way. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, October 23, 2017 at 11:02:11 AM UTC-7, >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm a developer and founder of an agency specialised in digital product >>>> development. >>>> >>>> This summer we've decided to do some experimentation with Elm and we'll >>>> be summarising the findings in a series of two blogposts. >>>> >>>> Here is the first one. Comments are welcome. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.imaginarycloud.com/blog/elm-javascript-reinvented-1-overview/ >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> TF >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Elm Discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Elm Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > There is NO FATE, we are the creators. > blog: http://damoc.ro/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
