What? Were people really that negative about the first post? I thought its combination of programming commentary and references to Sartre and existentialism wer

What? Were people really that negative about the first post? I thought its combination of programming commentary and references to Sartre and existentialism were great. Sure totalitarian is an extreme word, but that’s kind of the point of hyperbole…the (in this case humorous) use of a word that’s semantically too strong. I hope the OP doesn’t give in to the negativity. That first essay had a definite voice (the most important part of writing) and I thought the whimsy totally worked. Maybe if you’re a sensitive Rust or Haskell fanboy the essay somehow offended you, but as a sensitive Haskell fanboy that also loves lisp I gotta say, I thought it was fun and entertaining and had an interesting perspective on REPLs that’s not often proclaimed.