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It's not reasonable for people to have changed their opinion after four years? ECMAScript itself has changed since then, too.
by silentbicycle 18y ago
It's not reasonable for people to have changed their opinion after four years?
ECMAScript itself has changed since then, too.
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- davidw 18y agoWell, he does seem kind of dismissive. He paints Tcl, Lua, etc... with the broad brush stroke of "any other languages that aren't as good as Python."
- silentbicycle 18y agoRight. I think his dismissal of Lua was particularly uninformed, since he recently became enthralled by the prototype-based programming style Lua handles so well (http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/10/universal-design-pattern.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/10/universal-design-pat...). I don't know how good the JVM implementation of it is, though. He also has a history of very vocally presenting his opinions (sometimes with factual errors...), then quietly retracting them later without explaining why. Too bad, because the reasons why people change their minds about deeply-held beliefs are often the most revealing points about issues, IMHO. Admittedly, it's "drunken rants" blog, so maybe so much scrutiny is a bit unfair.
- petercooper 18y agoAgree in principle, but it's not quite four years. The quoted post was on September 5, 2004. On September 25, 2006, Yegge said "Rhino rocks." - http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/bloggers-block-4-ruby-and-java-and.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/bloggers-block-4-rub... - So two years. The only new thing in that time was JavaScript 1.7 (which was a pretty good release, AFAIR).
- swombat 18y agoEven so, being able to change your mind is a sign of intelligence. Being able to publicly change your mind is a sign of moral fortitude. Being incapable of either is a sign of stupidity and moral whoredom.
- petercooper 18y agoOh, I totally agree. I was just being pedantic over the numbers.