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Programming languages are tools, not religions. If a project like this can help people use and understand their tools that is a good thing. Reacting as if the i
by porphyrogene 8y ago
Programming languages are tools, not religions. If a project like this can help people use and understand their tools that is a good thing. Reacting as if the infidel language is defiling the sacred is absurd and indefensible from a practical standpoint.
- zoggenhoff 8y agoI'd agree with you except that any language that requires the "let" keyword is absurd and indefensible. And this is one of many religious-like language wars out there.
- Chloro 8y agoAre you seriously hung up on keywords? Also, you are not required to use "let"...
- zoggenhoff 8y agoNo, but you demonstrated the religious zeal of such a comment quite nicely.
- nindalf 8y agoIf you want to troll you should be more subtle about it. Or at least have the courage to use your main account rather than a throwaway
- anonytrary 8y ago> language that requires the "let" keyword is absurd and indefensible I would seriously like to see you defend this viewpoint.
- pjmlp 8y agoThen you will wipeout a big list of programming languages, given how many use let for assignments.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoWell yes... unless you realize that ours is a fashion-driven industry, where technical choices are not made based on technical merits but via a popularity contest. From a practical standpoint, complaining about propagation of bad choices is absolutely defensible. Or, to put in another way: today you don't complain about crap tech pushing out good tech, tomorrow half of the jobs in your field require you work with the crap tech.