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The last time his "I want off" article was reposted[0], the comments were pretty rough, ranging from ad-hom attacks to (at best) misunderstandings of the argume

The last time his "I want off" article was reposted[0], the comments were pretty rough, ranging from ad-hom attacks to (at best) misunderstandings of the arguments he was making. I see this article being an address to these criticisms (which are not limited to this forum, I've seen similar arguments on twitter, etc.). Pointing out shortcomings isn't really impolite or unfair. The author specifically mentioned shortcomings of Rust as well. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31191700 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31191700

rob74 4y ago
Pointing out shortcomings isn't impolite - writing that Go wasn't designed, but happened by accident is however (IMHO).
- clpm4j 4y ago
  Especially since it was designed by computer science luminaries who are almost certainly better programmers/engineers than the author of this blog. It's also more accurate to say that Rust wasn't designed / was an accident since it was technically a side project of one guy at Mozilla.
  - samhw 4y ago
    Both languages were designed by probably better programmers than most in this thread. For that matter, the vast majority of successful programming languages surely were. I'm utterly lost at how that relates to anything. One can plainly be a good programmer and yet create a bad language. I'm sure you are well-informed enough to analyse his argument on its merits, even if it were written by a gang of monkeys with typewriters.
- samhw 4y ago
  > writing that Go wasn't designed, but happened by accident is however [impolite] That's one of the most mild and inoffensive criticisms I've ever read on the internet. You can't seriously be indignant about that.
- oxnrtr 4y ago
  The truth cannot be impolite.
masklinn 4y ago
> The last time his "I want off" article was reposted[0] Of note: the last time in question was yesterday, the flagging and ad-hominems pretty obviously made lime's cupeth runneth over.

rob74 4y ago

Pointing out shortcomings isn't impolite - writing that Go wasn't designed, but happened by accident is however (IMHO).

clpm4j 4y ago
Especially since it was designed by computer science luminaries who are almost certainly better programmers/engineers than the author of this blog. It's also more accurate to say that Rust wasn't designed / was an accident since it was technically a side project of one guy at Mozilla.
- samhw 4y ago
  Both languages were designed by probably better programmers than most in this thread. For that matter, the vast majority of successful programming languages surely were. I'm utterly lost at how that relates to anything. One can plainly be a good programmer and yet create a bad language. I'm sure you are well-informed enough to analyse his argument on its merits, even if it were written by a gang of monkeys with typewriters.
samhw 4y ago
> writing that Go wasn't designed, but happened by accident is however [impolite] That's one of the most mild and inoffensive criticisms I've ever read on the internet. You can't seriously be indignant about that.
oxnrtr 4y ago
The truth cannot be impolite.

masklinn 4y ago

> The last time his "I want off" article was reposted[0] Of note: the last time in question was yesterday, the flagging and ad-hominems pretty obviously made lime's cupeth runneth over.