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Yes. I have. People with gray beard, strong views on programming languages, politics and UFOs. I always assumed that were dressed up for the occasion and not r
by chvid 10y ago
Yes. I have. People with gray beard, strong views on programming languages, politics and UFOs.
I always assumed that were dressed up for the occasion and not really real; like someone doing a role playing game or maybe being Santa for the kids during Christmas.
- jordigh 10y agoYou should meet Robert Smith or Peter Norvig, then, shatter some of those stereotypes.
- weavie 10y agoHmm.. my beard isn't fully grey yet.
- chvid 10y ago(Don't worry - it will be). Just making on joke what a "Lisp advocate" is. But seriously; if you meet people who really understand programming language design they will have full understanding for other ways of designing a language than whatever is their specialty. After all there is a reason why PL is still a developing field.
- wolfgke 10y ago> (Don't worry - it will be). This assumes that weavie actually has a beard.
- chvid 10y agoOk; HN really don't like jokes :-(
- dang 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11712496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11712496 and marked it off-topic.