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> If you put the most valuable thing in the universe inside a box that can't be opened or permeated by any force in the universe--then that thing is no longer v
by vmchale 8y ago
> If you put the most valuable thing in the universe inside a box that can't be opened or permeated by any force in the universe--then that thing is no longer valuable. Go find the former #2. If you have a programming ideal and that ideal requires laziness--then you've messed up. You have to conclude that there was something flawed about the ideal.
Not at all what I am talking about.
Please consult the literature on the subject and then we can continue this conversation as equals.
- star-techate 8y ago> I'll just bet that you haven't read anything, because you disagree with people I think are, like, super-duper smart :) Maybe if I read enough Foucault, or drink enough bleach, we'll be able to continue this conversation as equals :)
- vmchale 8y ago> I'll just bet that you haven't read anything, because you disagree with people I think are, like, super-duper smart :) It is quite obvious from what you have said you are not aware of the literature surrounding laziness.
- star-techate 8y agoYeah, there's no amount of bigoted "Haskell uber alles" posturing that can replace a simple, supported argument. None of the reading you think you've done, and I haven't, has succeeded in distinguishing your output from that of a complete poser.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't become uncivil on HN, regardless of who started it or did it worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 8y agoPlease do not cross into incivility regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html