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> (I realize that this may elicit strong reactions from some, but please give it some careful thought before giving voice to those reactions.) Really? Over a

• DaveSchmindel 3y ago
  I imagine that many suggestions for prominent open source projects, let alone a widely adopted language, turn into forums similar to small town town-hall meetings. There are probably a number of people of different walks of life and usage of the lang that voice opinions regardless of their relevance or significance in modern adoption of the lang.
  • vips7L 3y ago
    There’s already been strong reactions by some in the Java subreddit. A lot have bike shedding over syntax and some just don’t like the idea of handling exceptions this way.
    • DaveSchmindel 3y ago
      TIL about bikeshedding, thank you @[vips7L](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vips7L https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vips7L).
      • ninju 3y ago
        https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding
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• wavemode 3y ago
  There is nothing programmers get more fiery about than language syntax. Nothing. (Editors are a close second, though those holy wars are cooling over time as people move away from coding in the terminal.)
  • funcDropShadow 3y ago
    > There is nothing programmers get more fiery about than language syntax. Nothing. According to Wadler's Law [1], there is something: Syntax of comments. [1]: https://wiki.c2.com/?WadlersLaw https://wiki.c2.com/?WadlersLaw