> If I succeed at answering this question in a way you like ... cater to your inflated ego. That's why it's important to have a criteria ahead of time. If I w

> If I succeed at answering this question in a way you like ... cater to your inflated ego. That's why it's important to have a criteria ahead of time. If I were asking the question, I would look/ask for: * A non-trivial heretical view (think OO/FP, unit testing, etc., not some obscure language operator) * A set of arguments to justify the heretical belief * A set of objections to their heretical belief * Counter-arguments to those objections * Evidence-based and logical reasoning to the above * Openness to counter-argument, willingness to debate the issue I don't think it's a very good question to surprise someone with.