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If you want to sell me a language do: - Explain what particular use cases the language is optimized for - Show its advantages compared to the alternatives -
by goto11 7y ago
If you want to sell me a language
do:
- Explain what particular use cases the language is optimized for
- Show its advantages compared to the alternatives
- Tell me honestly what tasks it is not suited for
do not:
- Use blantant strawmen to make the alternatives look worse.
- Tell me I am an idiot
- SamReidHughes 7y agoUltimately, you’re the one responsible for your opinions about the language, not the author.
- randallsquared 7y agoIt seems like you're inferring a lot which wasn't said, which is quite consistent of you! :)
- wpietri 7y agoI think the simple explanation here, per POSIWID, is that people who do the latter things do not in fact want to sell you on a language. It reminds me of the people who liked a band until it got popular. The point isn't the thing itself, it's having a reason to feel superior to other people.