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This takes an agonizing amount of vertical space to discuss the fundamental concept of different numeric types and how literals are mapped to them (assuming the
by happytoexplain 4y ago
This takes an agonizing amount of vertical space to discuss the fundamental concept of different numeric types and how literals are mapped to them (assuming they do get to the part about literals - I didn't get that far). It's not because the author is long-winded, but because they are pushing the "cute bantering dialogue" style of writing to its logical extreme.
- jen20 4y agoThis criticism comes up every time one of Amos’ posts shows up here. If you don’t like the style that’s fine but it’s not like you have some novel criticism here.
- mpalmer 4y agoFortunately it's novel to plenty of other people here. Crisis averted!
- therein 4y agoI normally don't mind Amos' style but this one was actually a little too much. So I'd consider that novel criticism. The quantity will add into the feedback and provide context.
- quickthrower2 4y agoIt is in tldr territory. If I am going to read a book I need to have a careful think and read some reviews first to see if that is worth my time.
- zarzavat 4y agoIn general people post their criticisms here because it’s assumed, perhaps arrogantly but often justifiably, that authors read HN and will see them.
- happytoexplain 4y agoI haven't noticed, but I also don't assume anything I say is novel. However, being novel isn't necessary for adding information. If a hundred people have the same criticism vs if three people have the same criticism, those two scenarios say different things, and therefore each represent different pieces of information, so the extra 97 people in the former case are adding information on the whole despite not individually saying something novel.
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- dixego 4y agoProgrammers, much like compilers, read things until they reach a point they disagree with and then stop there to write a comment.
- mpalmer 4y agoYet unlike compilers, they don't handle obfuscation well.
- happytoexplain 4y agoPlease don't imply that I stopped reading because I merely disagreed with something the author said or did. As I implied in my post, I stopped because I found the reading itself to be difficult and unenjoyable. Framing that as "a point [I] disagree with" is uncharitable to me and makes it sound like I'm making an unreasonable or pompous criticism of the author's opinion on the topic about which he is writing.