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Ah, thanks. It's been a while since I've used Ruby seriously. Still not quite sure why "Matz's ruby" is separate on the Benchmark Game rankings, while all other
by lambda 6y ago
Ah, thanks. It's been a while since I've used Ruby seriously. Still not quite sure why "Matz's ruby" is separate on the Benchmark Game rankings, while all other languages are grouped based on the best implementation of the language. Anyhow, that's pretty much irrelevant to my overall point.
Thanks for the kind words, not sure why it's getting downvoted other than that I called someone out on their lazy dismissal. But I wouldn't worry about it too much, I've been on HN and Reddit for long enough to not care too much about downvotes.
- brundolf 6y agoYour tone at certain points was overly incendiary, imo (the comment you were replying to was a little bit too). But there was also lots of good substance around those bits. Just my two cents.
- lambda 6y agoYeah, my tone was a bit incendiary at first, because I get a bit frustrated at the shallow dismissal you see so often on Hacker News (and any number of other tech discussion sites). This kind of snarky dismissive comment is easy to make, and has a tendency to get upvoted because it matches misconceptions that many people have. These kinds of comments, and downvotes in place of discussion, are corrosive to honest, informative discussion, and I've seen way too many tech discussion communities get taken over by people who make low-effort dismissive comments and avoid engaging in actual substantive discussion.
- igouy 6y ago> Still not quite sure why "Matz's ruby" is separate… As a marker of where Ruby used to be.