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Saying a language sucks and the people who use it are bad programmers is not merely a "direct, honest style". At least to my understanding, the article is talki

• lmm 5y ago
  > Saying a language sucks and the people who use it are bad programmers is not merely a "direct, honest style". I submit that if your preferred culture does not admit a way of expressing that a language sucks, or a person is a bad programmer, then it is dishonest. I'm not sure whether hiding your value judgements about languages and programmers is better or worse than giving up on making those judgements at all, but certainly neither creates an environment that I want to be part of.
  • villasv 5y ago
    It’s obvious that the language you think is appropriate sucks terribly…
  • filoeleven 5y ago
    You changed the “and” in what you quoted to an “or,” then criticized that very different statement. In the original quote, the “and” acts like “therefore”: > Saying a language sucks therefore the people who use it are bad programmers is not merely a "direct, honest style". Of course people need to evaluate the utility of languages and the aptitude of programmers. “All programmers who use X are bad programmers” is the snide and uncharitable remark, not either clause on its own.
  • neveiNievahxier 5y ago
    Imagine saying something similar about written languages that are also spoken by humans.