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But whats the point of coming in this thread and insulting the language repeatedly without explaining any of your insults? why do you feel like this type of unc

But whats the point of coming in this thread and insulting the language repeatedly without explaining any of your insults? why do you feel like this type of unconstructive criticism is appropriate in this thread, and actually explaining your point of view is not?

cmrdporcupine 6y ago
The thread is about Go language adoption, and so I stayed on that topic. I made a remark about my observations of the language adoption within Google, and what I perceive outside of Google. The bits about my tastes for this are a personal commentary and are related to why I'm interested in this topic: I don't like the language and don't want to work in it. I don't really care that you find that un-constructive, as you can go elsewhere to get people's critiques of the language, there are plenty of them and they come up every time someone posts about Go here. My opinion is certainly not unique on this subject.
- philosopher1234 6y ago
  I just find it frustrating that your comment is "i'm a google engineer and I hate the language and so does everyone else at google" but you refuse to explain why you feel that way. As someone who likes go, I find this comment to be basically "go is bad because google engineers dont like it" which is the exact type of appeal to authority/cargo culting you seem to be criticizing. If you're going to trash something at least put in enough effort to explain yourself. Otherwise I think this thread was better off without your comment.
  - cmrdporcupine 6y ago
    Pretty sure it wasn't "so does everyone else at Google." I challenge you to find that quote. Not at all representative of what I said. Stop casting aspersions on me. I think you might be a little too emotionally attached to Go? I am allowed to have a subjective opinion on Go and voice it in public discussion forum. This is not a scientific paper or journal article.
    - philosopher1234 6y ago
      You're allowed to do whatever you want, as am I. I claim that your comment was unconstructive and paraphrased the meaning of your comment. I didn't learn anything about the weaknesses of Go from reading your comment, I learned that you don't like it and there was a vague suggestion that it is unpopular at google, and that the reason its popular outside of google has to do with cargo culting. But you neglected to express why you thought its weaknesses of go (what are those weaknesses?) that leads to this situation. I would genuinely like to know what your criticism of the language is, but you haven't offered any. The comment you wrote does not add any clarity to the discussion of Go, in fact I think it takes away clarity by relying on suggestion and avoiding grappling with any details. I think it was not a useful contribution to this thread. I'll leave it at that.
      - AnimalMuppet 6y ago
        cmrdporcupine stated, at least once, that he didn't consider his reasons for disliking Go to be on-topic for this thread. You seem obsessed with trying to pry the reason out of him. He said he's not going to answer; let it go. If you have to have an answer, he said he's opined on it in the past. Go trawl through his past comments. (Google search might help.)

cmrdporcupine 6y ago

The thread is about Go language adoption, and so I stayed on that topic. I made a remark about my observations of the language adoption within Google, and what I perceive outside of Google. The bits about my tastes for this are a personal commentary and are related to why I'm interested in this topic: I don't like the language and don't want to work in it. I don't really care that you find that un-constructive, as you can go elsewhere to get people's critiques of the language, there are plenty of them and they come up every time someone posts about Go here. My opinion is certainly not unique on this subject.

philosopher1234 6y ago
I just find it frustrating that your comment is "i'm a google engineer and I hate the language and so does everyone else at google" but you refuse to explain why you feel that way. As someone who likes go, I find this comment to be basically "go is bad because google engineers dont like it" which is the exact type of appeal to authority/cargo culting you seem to be criticizing. If you're going to trash something at least put in enough effort to explain yourself. Otherwise I think this thread was better off without your comment.
- cmrdporcupine 6y ago
  Pretty sure it wasn't "so does everyone else at Google." I challenge you to find that quote. Not at all representative of what I said. Stop casting aspersions on me. I think you might be a little too emotionally attached to Go? I am allowed to have a subjective opinion on Go and voice it in public discussion forum. This is not a scientific paper or journal article.
  - philosopher1234 6y ago
    You're allowed to do whatever you want, as am I. I claim that your comment was unconstructive and paraphrased the meaning of your comment. I didn't learn anything about the weaknesses of Go from reading your comment, I learned that you don't like it and there was a vague suggestion that it is unpopular at google, and that the reason its popular outside of google has to do with cargo culting. But you neglected to express why you thought its weaknesses of go (what are those weaknesses?) that leads to this situation. I would genuinely like to know what your criticism of the language is, but you haven't offered any. The comment you wrote does not add any clarity to the discussion of Go, in fact I think it takes away clarity by relying on suggestion and avoiding grappling with any details. I think it was not a useful contribution to this thread. I'll leave it at that.
    - AnimalMuppet 6y ago
      cmrdporcupine stated, at least once, that he didn't consider his reasons for disliking Go to be on-topic for this thread. You seem obsessed with trying to pry the reason out of him. He said he's not going to answer; let it go. If you have to have an answer, he said he's opined on it in the past. Go trawl through his past comments. (Google search might help.)