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What really pissed me off about this whole fiasco was when Ted Lieu chimed in to say he wish he learned COBOL instead of Lisp: https://twitter.com/tedlieu/statu
by peacefulhat 6y ago
What really pissed me off about this whole fiasco was when Ted Lieu chimed in to say he wish he learned COBOL instead of Lisp:
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1246651654373437442 https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1246651654373437442
Also this poor explainer video that conflates several unrelated design decisions with limitations of COBOL:
https://youtu.be/Ox_Wm6XQnxI https://youtu.be/Ox_Wm6XQnxI
- ludamad 6y agoI think Lisp simply battles intuition for some people in a way that makes them upset until it becomes familiar. I also think Ted Lieu would have experienced this with COBOL
- hawkice 6y agoThere's something fascinating about a politician calling a bunch of people stupid for no reason. Like, he admits he's not good at coding, it's not like I'd take his word on tech decisions. This whole thing is so weird. You'd imagine he'd either have good taste, or try and pander to the most people. He's taken a third path, which I can't really place.