Nonsense. It's your choice, as a reader, to refuse to entertain it as an honest discussion, just because you don't like its style. And it's your choice to asc

Nonsense. It's your choice, as a reader, to refuse to entertain it as an honest discussion, just because you don't like its style. And it's your choice to ascribe bad-faith intentions to the writer just because you don't like its style. (Note that the writer even defined the concept of bad faith as he was referring to it, and was not using it in the way you are.) It's striking how preferences in programming languages seem to mirror preferences in communication style: You demand that the writer express himself in your preferred style, and if he does not, you accuse him of not writing in good faith. The writer, on the other hand, writes in a liberal style, full of metaphor and references to philosophies outside of computer science. You only tolerate a narrow range of expression, while he welcomes wide and varied expression. You take offense rather than seeking to understand the intended meaning, while he takes into account others' interpretations and tries to meet in the middle: https://hyperthings.garden/posts/2021-08-30/freeing-your-goats.html https://hyperthings.garden/posts/2021-08-30/freeing-your-goa... There are some life lessons to be found in these exchanges. Postel's Law is not well-followed anymore.