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Does this seem troll-ish to anyone else?

• jgrahamc 19y ago
  Yes. And I find it very odd that he points to the Viaweb transition from Lisp to C++/Perl as an example of going from an unreadable/unmaintainable language to a readable/maintainable one? I've programmed a lot in C++/Perl and those languages require very, very careful programmers to prevent them from becoming unreadable. Also when he says "There are probably two ways to write Lisp code: with all the expressive constructs (in which case it's unmaintainable) and without (in which case you may as well use Java)." I think you can replace Lisp with Perl or C++ there and come to the same conclusion. Java's verbosity is one of its great weaknesses IMHO. Just the shear reams of code that I have to wade through to discover that we've done something very simple.
• drm237 19y ago
  Just wanted to mention that I posted this because I thought it might generate some good discussion. I don't agree with everything the author says and wasn't trying to be a troll. This brings up an interesting question. I assume most people post things they find interesting even if they do not agree with the content, no? Does anyone think that every story someone posts reflects that individual's beliefs?