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Pro tip: Google the name of the person before responding to them, it can help avoid the taste of foot in your mouth which you are currently experiencing.
by boring_twenties 6y ago
Pro tip: Google the name of the person before responding to them, it can help avoid the taste of foot in your mouth which you are currently experiencing.
- datman347 6y agoAnyone that has to rely on their name for an argument isn't worth listening to.
- kortilla 6y agoYou misunderstand what the conversation is that’s occurring. The parent implied the person had never written C.
- datman347 6y agoHe never said explicitly, he was just making a general statement. Not that it matters whether he did or didn't, there's a lot of things wrong with C, it will most likely eventually disappear, but not for reasons outlined in this article. That's what he was saying.
- leptons 6y agoSomeone once said COBOL would disappear. C will still be used long after you and I and everyone here have returned to dust.
- xmprt 6y agoTry becoming a COBOL developer and see how that works for you. Likening C to COBOL isn't doing it any favors.
- boring_twenties 6y agoWhat's the implication here? I only know one COBOL developer but they seem to be doing quite well for themselves, making over $400k a year for something like 15 hours of work a week.
- estebank 6y agoCOBOL developers commanding a high salary is directly related to it not being a thriving language.
- jcelerier 6y ago> C will still be used long after you and I and everyone here have returned to dust. there are also people still riding horses. does not make it relevant in any way.
- sam_lynx 6y agoWell, he dismissed Bright’s argument as a random pet peeve from people who haven’t written a line of code in C before, so yes, I do think he said it explicitly.
- genocidicbunny 6y ago> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. This is one of HN's comment guidelines. If you're not sure that someone is who you think they are, you can just ask, e.g.: "Hey, are you Walter Bright who did X and Y?"
- sam_lynx 6y ago? I’m confused how your comment relates to mine. Did you post on the wrong thread?
- rixed 6y agoThank you for enforcing arguments of authority.
- hannasanarion 6y agoThere's "arguments of authority" and then there's "accusing Walter Bright of having never written a line of code before".
- terr-dav 6y agoAKA: Conflating authority with expertise
- boring_twenties 6y agoWhat argument from authority is being made by anyone? The GP decided, out of the blue, to accuse the author of never having written a line of C code in his life. That's kind of inappropriate in any context, IMO, but just downright laughable when the author is well-known for singlehandedly writing several compilers and a whole new language.
- msla 6y ago> Google the name of the person before responding to them Is it a rule at HN that you can't take someone else's name? Otherwise, there's no guarantee that you're talking to the "Real" Walter Bright... ... or that you're talking to that Walter Bright, come to think of it.
- sam_lynx 6y agoI’m new here, so this seems like a valid criticism to me — but judging by the number of downvotes, it may not be. Can someone explain why this comment is incorrect?
- Stratoscope 6y agoPerhaps because so many of know Walter from his work and his history here on HN? Sometimes you have to just trust that someone is who we all say they are.
- sam_lynx 6y agoCool, thanks for the explanation.
- fomine3 6y agoIt's fair argument but I also check karma point is high so it looks like legitimate account name in this case.
- WalterBright 6y agoThere can be only one.
- msla 6y agoBut The One doesn't get the username.