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The author isn't claiming that someone claimed that either. S/he's just saying that s/he likes Rust/Elm because they check more invariants than C/TypeScript.
by ylyn 7y ago
The author isn't claiming that someone claimed that either.
S/he's just saying that s/he likes Rust/Elm because they check more invariants than C/TypeScript.
In other words, "no one said it does" isn't really a useful response to "I don't like X as much as Y because X doesn't do A but Y does."
- yoz-y 7y agoThey might not claim that but the article’s title and gist still is “JavaScript is C because of this one reason”. This kind of comparison is just not useful.
- bovermyer 7y agoI disagree. It changed how I think about JavaScript a little. As such, it was useful for me. Be mindful that you do not mistake what we think for how we think.
- yoz-y 7y agoI think the point the article makes is good, I just don't like how the comparison was made. I don't think the article would be of less value if the author dropped the "JavaScript is C" peppered all around it.
- chriskrycho 7y agoIt's a fair point. That's the trick with a blog post where you're basically "thinking out loud." This is just the way that the little switch flipped in my head as I was thinking through things that day: The experience felt very similar.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoIs there a difference between "I don't like this" and "This is not useful"?
- yoz-y 7y agoThere is. But in this particular case I stand by my point, a cursory glance will show that JavaScript is nothing like C. Starting an article with such a premise and re-stating it repeatedly smells like clickbait to me. Also it devaluates the point made by the article which is actually good.
- joppy 7y agoWhy not just write “they”, rather than he/she? Gender labels can be a difficult issue for some.
- manthedudeguy 7y agoOr just pick he or she. Not a big deal.
- slacka 7y agoOr actually read the article before commenting. The author's name:"Chris Krycho" is not only in HUGE bold text on the 1st line, it's also part of the URL.
- GordonS 7y agoChris could be a male or female name, so not terribly helpful in this case.
- Koshkin 7y agoThere's also the issue of gender identity.
- toastal 7y agoChris is a fairly gender neutral name. Just say 'they'; it's in the dictionary now for gender neutrality so no reason not to.
- astura 7y agoChris is commonly both a male and female name (is a diminutive of Christopher, Christine, Christina, Christian, and probably others).
- slacka 7y agoThen use "they" or if you're really that concerned with making a mistake, spend 2 seconds to google them, and you will see that this Chris is a "He" from the first hit on a google of "Chris Krycho". https://twitter.com/chriskrycho?lang=en https://twitter.com/chriskrycho?lang=en
- fwip 7y agoYou can just use "they."