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>> "Rocks" is most commonly used in the context of (rock) music False. >> we know from other context that there isn't a programming language competition. I w

• 9rx 1y ago
  > I don't really care one way or the other. Nobody does. Why would they? It isn't like there is a competition or something. > If people want say that everything in space and time are completely undifferentiated and therefore "rock" equally, I don't really care. Many things having the potential to "rock" does not imply that everything "rocks" equally, or at all. I strongly suspect his attempt to write a Lua interpreter in Brainfuck would not "rock".
  • osigurdson 1y ago
    Let's see if we can break HN nesting algo with this thread. >> Many things having the potential to "rock" does not imply that everything "rocks" equally, or at all That isn't what I am suggesting. I am saying that I do not care if people use the word "rocks" to describe an impossibly spherical marble rolling on an impossibly flat surface - equal across all space and time. Or, to describe, something that is uniquely better than all others. Use the term as you see fit. Use it to describe the value 4.532341 +/- 0.00001345 if you like.
    • 9rx 1y ago
      > Use the term as you see fit. Obviously. But you already suggested that in your first comment. For someone who claims to not care...