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You know what really reached out and poked me in the eye? The "Don Stewart (who failed his PhD)" part. I've been fooling with Haskell in my free time, occasiona
by CodeMage 16y ago
You know what really reached out and poked me in the eye? The "Don Stewart (who failed his PhD)" part. I've been fooling with Haskell in my free time, occasionally, and I've never used it professionally yet. So when I saw this post, I jumped in eagerly, hoping to learn more. When I got to that little ad hominem, I lost the will to treat the post seriously.
- jrockway 16y agoAccording to #haskell, he did not fail his PhD. The more general trend is frightening. People apparently think that it's acceptable to judge a programming language based on the personal life of an advocate. I see this a lot; "perl6 sucks because audreyt used to be a boy" and "perl sucks because larry wall goes to church". Now we have "haskell sucks because of something about dons' phd". WTF?