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Well, he really showed all those strawmen, didn't he.

• AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  I don't think that "FP as religion" is a total strawman. I've seen people who seemed to have pretty much a religious fervor for FP. On this site, even. "Writing it in a functional language means it's FP" might be a bit more of a strawman, however.
  • KirinDave 10y ago
    It is a common conversational tactic to dismiss profession interest and enthusiasm as "religion." I doubt Degoes would appreciate the phrase "religion" used as a disparagement to defend his work by the way. He's shown he's willing to take a lot of flack to defend religious people's dignity and needs.
    • twblalock 10y ago
      Well then, it's a good thing that the author of the article did not simply dismiss it, but rather engaged with it and provided examples and argumentation.
    • AnimalMuppet 10y ago
      Um, Degoes actually raised the topic. From his article: > Some people have fallen so much in love with FP (it’s hard not to!) that their views are almost religious. Hence, what I refer to as the religion of FP. The problem with any religion is that dogmatism can be blinding. I suspect that you didn't read the article, or at least merely skimmed it.
      • KirinDave 10y ago
        No. I was bring snide. Maybe it was too subtle to be a good joke. It was written a bit hastily, I guess. Degoes fought bitterly for Lambdaconf to support people who hold unpopular and racist views, often citing the social ostracism of the religious members of the community as his reasoning. But of course he casually dumps on them in this article and equates "religion" with a lack of logic. So really it was about supporting his DE chums and not his poor religious friends. But that's not really the topic of this discussion.