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Ah, you grabbed onto the second sentence while dismissing the first. I avoid them because I haven't had a reason to bother. The task could be accomplished som
by rachelbythebay 15y ago
Ah, you grabbed onto the second sentence while dismissing the first. I avoid them because I haven't had a reason to bother. The task could be accomplished some other way, and was.
I've used plenty of things used by "foamers" out of necessity. I don't enjoy it, but it does get the job done.
- petercooper 15y agoI've used plenty of things used by "foamers" out of necessity. I don't enjoy it, but it does get the job done. An unpleasant subset of a technology's userbase has no relationship to the usefulness or learning experiences relating to the technology and is of no relevance to the well-rounded, life-long learner. Being distracted by the who in technical pursuits is a burdensome impediment against learning the valuable whats and whys.
- rachelbythebay 15y agoYou have to work with the 'who' to actually get anywhere with some of this stuff. And some of these communities are less than friendly. Some of them are outright hostile. Does that help?
- kragen 15y agoAlso, the other users of Ruby are the ones who wrote the libraries you get to use in a Ruby program. Which is pretty relevant to the person in a nearby thread who implicitly equates using the Linux virtual memory system to using Rubyful Soup.