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Scoff: speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way. Frown: furrow one's brow in an expression of disapproval, displeasure, or c
by bluejekyll 9y ago
Scoff: speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
Frown: furrow one's brow in an expression of disapproval, displeasure, or concentration.
Those are definitely not the same thing. Language is deliberate. I'd prefer it if you don't change mine to mean something I do not.
I frown at a lot of things in software I review, then someone explains to me why they decided to do something the way they did, in which case they may convince me that they are correct. In the case of C/C++, you can convince me easily in the embedded space that C is still the best choice, and I'd agree. I wouldn't even debate it, I might personally go try and see if there is an option there, but it's clearly a space that Rust is still getting bootstrapped into.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoYou wrote "scoff" first before you edited it, that's why gens wrote "You can scoff all you want". From the tone of your comments, I think that's what you're really doing.
- bluejekyll 9y agohmm... I did not. But ok.
- gens 9y agoNo, he did not. Not as far as i remember. I am not British, and i did want to dramatize it a bit. In my defense, words are to convey meaning as much as to describe action. (you don't literally "beat a dead horse" or "fart in your general direction") EDIT: In bluejekyll's defense, we here are a bit chafed (hehe) by extreme fans of certain programming languages (IMO even some functional programming fans get a tad too.. unrealistic in their talks)