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npm is a hobby project designed to bring me joy. As a side-effect, a lot of node users find it helpful. That's great, and I'm proud, but honestly, if everyone
by IsaacSchlueter 16y ago
npm is a hobby project designed to bring me joy. As a side-effect, a lot of node users find it helpful. That's great, and I'm proud, but honestly, if everyone stopped using it, I'd keep hacking on it.
A little boy may grow up to be the doctor who cures cancer. But that's not why you have children.
- jashkenas 16y agoYessir -- I'll vigorously defend your right to code in a style that floats your boat, but that's not what your blog post is: it's an evangelization of semicolon-free, paren-first style (hereafter known as SchlueterScript). You're asking the JS thought leaders to stop slandering your chosen syntax, and this comment thread contains a hundred reasons why most folks would rather not. I can dig the groovy art project also known as npm, and at the same time also rather not come across more SchlueterScript in the wild. A bit hypocritical, sure, but also heartfelt.
- IsaacSchlueter 16y agoRead it again. I spent significant chunk of the post explaining that a) I don't care how you code, and b) there are some good reasons to choose a different style than mine. I'm asking JS thought leaders to stop encouraging falsehood. That's all. "Don't code like Isaac because it's ugly." Fine. I can dig that. Maybe you won't date me because you think my face is ugly. You wouldn't be the first one, and thankfully for my social life, it's not a universally held opinion. But "don't code like Isaac because ASI is unreliable and no one understands it"? Patently false, and OMG PEOPLE ARE WRONG ON THE INTERNET. This is so far beyond goofy. Don't we have jobs or something? Who posted this? Jeez. Get that guy something better to do.