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I think you would be saved by rephrasing to indicate a particular computer scientist. People are getting overly pedantic.
by Joof 11y ago
I think you would be saved by rephrasing to indicate a particular computer scientist. People are getting overly pedantic.
- Swizec 11y agoIt's okay. That's how engineers and computer scientists work. The idea of "generalization" and "hyperbole" and "caricature" is often lost on us. This is primarily why my technical blogging has slowed down significantly. Writing for an audience that cares more about details than The Point (tm) is often annoying.
- copperx 11y agoActually, to nitpick on the details, it's both. We care about the details AND the point. The details sometimes take you to The Point. For example, I on your original post, I was trying to figure out if you meant "Computer Scientists are theoreticians" through the details. If you're not going to outright say something straight to the point, the details better be clear so that one can understand the implication.
- Swizec 11y agoThat's the thing, there were no details, it was a caricature. I've never heard of a person rewriting COBOL into Lisp in 2015. But I do personally know people who write Coq proofs and care about differences between strengths of various grammars. Maybe that's the problem - that part came too close to reality and triggered people's spidey senses.
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