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How exemplary that he filled in the full template questionnaire for language changes, including questions such as "Would you consider yourself a novice, interm
by w-m 6y ago
How exemplary that he filled in the full template questionnaire for language changes, including questions such as "Would you consider yourself a novice, intermediate, or experienced Go programmer?" (he replied "I have some experience").
- vanderZwan 6y ago> Is this about generics? > No. Not sure why, but something about this being the (first part of the) last question he had to answer makes it quite funny to me.
- marcosdumay 6y agoWhen you have two questions about a specific feature that every change proposal must answer, it's a sign that something needs improvement.
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- tempest_ 6y agoI found it more amusing that he listed 8 languages that he has experience with and then went out of his way to exclude JavaScript.
- aloisdg 6y agoWhen you know JavaScript enough to be able to say that you don't know JavaScript.
- zibzab 6y agoThat's basically me and C++, and I suspect I am not alone
- Simplicitas 6y agoIs JavaScript a language? <grin>
- cxr 6y agoPlease don't use HN comments for posting low-quality jokes, even if (perhaps "especially if") they're considered acceptable/appropriate for other communities.
- tssva 6y agoCan you point to some specific guidelines used to judge low-quality vs high-quality jokes for HN purposes? Or are we suppose to go by your personal and subjective opinion of low-quality vs high-quality comedy material?
- Graffur 6y agoIn this case it seems pretty clear. If you're not sure you could try reading more posts before posting. You should be able to pick up the general vibe/tone.
- tssva 6y agoI found the comment funny. Since the purpose of a joke is to be funny this makes it high quality as far as I am concerned. If you didn't find it funny, I guess you would consider it low quality. The point is that judging comedy and jokes is so subjective and personal as to make any such rule regarding quality a joke itself. You can ban all jokes or mandate that jokes can't contain racist, sexist, ageist, or other such potentially offensive content but trying to filter jokes based upon quality is a bit ridiculous.
- throwaway19937 6y agoAFAIK there aren't specific guidelines but posts like the grandparent are normally moderated down. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2965166) is an example of well-received humor; it's one of the top rated posts.
- mohaine 6y agoPersonally, I like the 100% correct answer to Can you describe a possible implementation? (Yes.)
- not_knuth 6y agoIIRC Tim Berners-Lee also rather amusingly called himself a "Web Developer" at a conference.
- gowld 6y agoHe did develop the web.
- furyofantares 6y agoThere's a double connotation being played with there, a web developer vs the web developer
- c3534l 6y agoYeah, I think that was the "rather amusingly" part.
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- nicklecompte 6y agoAlso good: > What would change in the language spec? > The new operator would get an optional second argument, and/or conversions would become addressible. > [...] > How would the language spec change? > Answered above. Why is this question here twice?
- Waterluvian 6y agoThere's the General who responds, "You don't need to see my ID. Don't you know who I am? Who's your CO?!" And the General who responds, "Right. Well done."
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoA couple years ago there was a clear shift in how the highest profile people in go core interact with the community. In the past it felt a bit one way. I have no idea what triggered the change, but it's definitely visible, and hugely positive imo.