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It’s not like they are trying to sell anything. And who cares what your CTO wants to adopt? Some people simply enjoy computers and are not looking for external

It’s not like they are trying to sell anything. And who cares what your CTO wants to adopt? Some people simply enjoy computers and are not looking for external validation. Spin up your jvm/.net bloatware and code yet another CRUD application and leave us alone.

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lightbendover 5y ago
The way people are coming out of the woodwork to aggressively dismiss someone asking about why they would use Janet over other alternatives makes it pretty apparent that there is nothing novel about this language, no reason to learn yet another scripting in a sea of choices, and a lot of over-invested individuals. You people are everything wrong with tech.
- jdmoreira 5y ago
  It’s the most voted submission on HN right now. We gather here because we like this stuff. And here you are wasting your time accusing us of being everything that’s wrong with tech. The thing you fail to understand is that we aren’t in this for the money or the validation or the status. We simply like fiddling with computers, languages, etc. Computers were my hobby way before they were my job.
  - IncRnd 5y ago
    It's great that you like playing with computers, languages, etc. Nobody is minimizing that. But, many people who see a new computer language want to know what is unique about it. It is completely valid to ask, "why should I use Janet (the language)?" Many people are familiar with or expert with many programming paradigms and have written their own DSLs or general purpose languages. Others are expert in fields that intersect with languages and want to know if there is specific applicability to their domain. Seeing a new language that doesn't solve a unique problem or solve a problem in a novel way is often a complete non-starter. For that reason, many people expect a page on a new language to state the purpose of the language, even if the purpose is, "I wanted to play with writing a langauge." That's cool, too. I'm pretty sure that is why several people have asked that question.
    - andi999 5y ago
      That is exactly what I had in mind. Thank you for putting it so clearly.
      - IncRnd 5y ago
        I'm glad it helped convey what you also had in mind.
    - detaro 5y ago
      > It is completely valid to ask, "why should I use Janet (the language)? Note that that isn't the question they started with (and would likely have provoked a different response). Perceived tone matters very much with a one-sentence question.

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lightbendover 5y ago

The way people are coming out of the woodwork to aggressively dismiss someone asking about why they would use Janet over other alternatives makes it pretty apparent that there is nothing novel about this language, no reason to learn yet another scripting in a sea of choices, and a lot of over-invested individuals. You people are everything wrong with tech.

jdmoreira 5y ago
It’s the most voted submission on HN right now. We gather here because we like this stuff. And here you are wasting your time accusing us of being everything that’s wrong with tech. The thing you fail to understand is that we aren’t in this for the money or the validation or the status. We simply like fiddling with computers, languages, etc. Computers were my hobby way before they were my job.
- IncRnd 5y ago
  It's great that you like playing with computers, languages, etc. Nobody is minimizing that. But, many people who see a new computer language want to know what is unique about it. It is completely valid to ask, "why should I use Janet (the language)?" Many people are familiar with or expert with many programming paradigms and have written their own DSLs or general purpose languages. Others are expert in fields that intersect with languages and want to know if there is specific applicability to their domain. Seeing a new language that doesn't solve a unique problem or solve a problem in a novel way is often a complete non-starter. For that reason, many people expect a page on a new language to state the purpose of the language, even if the purpose is, "I wanted to play with writing a langauge." That's cool, too. I'm pretty sure that is why several people have asked that question.
  - andi999 5y ago
    That is exactly what I had in mind. Thank you for putting it so clearly.
    - IncRnd 5y ago
      I'm glad it helped convey what you also had in mind.
  - detaro 5y ago
    > It is completely valid to ask, "why should I use Janet (the language)? Note that that isn't the question they started with (and would likely have provoked a different response). Perceived tone matters very much with a one-sentence question.