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If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

mjb 14y ago
It says some similarly smartass remark about every language you choose. I like it, and think it fits in well with the tone of the rest of the site.
km3k 14y ago
It makes remarks for all the languages. I think it is part of the appeal of the website.
- mhurron 14y ago
  Ya, not everywhere tries to pretend that no one has a sense of humour the way HN does.
Permit 14y ago
It sounds to me like it acts as a filter for people who can't take a joke.
- moystard 14y ago
  "Fanboy Trap", it seems to work.
kibwen 14y ago
Notice that selecting any language gives you a dismissive remark, not just PHP. But you're right in that it's probably not the best way to cast a wide net (unless they're intentionally selecting for contributors with a good sense of humor).
- TomasSedovic 14y ago
  Except for Rust which takes you directly to rust-lang.org. I actually like the idea though. No language is perfect and people do seem to be a bit too sensitive of their favourite languages.
  - kibwen 14y ago
    "So you have a fetish for pointer types? That's cool, we all get tired of monogamy eventually."
    - sharkweek 14y ago
      You learned how to program bank software in the 80s? COBOL is GREAT for that
  - pcwalton 14y ago
    There are plenty of jokes we make at Rust's expense: http://mozillamemes.tumblr.com/post/29632512055/want-to-write-code-in-rust-youd-better-develop http://mozillamemes.tumblr.com/post/29632512055/want-to-writ...
iso8859-1 14y ago
This happens for every language :)
- pdw 14y ago
  Except for Rust :)
  - xentronium 14y ago
    Everyone using Rust professionally seems to be already employed by mozilla.
    - pnathan 14y ago
      for now I'm still waiting for it to stabilize, but I plan to experiment with Rust in my next systems-level project.
darkstalker 14y ago
The remaining quotes: C++: "So you like long compile times and incomprehensible error messages? That's cool, we do too" Java: "So you're a believer in AbstractMethodFactoryBeans? That's cool, we all have our vices" Python: "So you enjoy the paradigm of backtrace-driven development? That's cool, everyone gets a bit tired of static typing once in a while" C: "So you think OOP is for hipsters? That's cool, we all get nostalgic sometimes" Javascript: "So you're a dynamic individual who thinks that, underneath, everything is an object? That's cool, we like to dream as well" For Rust, it just sends you directly to it's site.
- shreeshga 14y ago
  only the famous get mocked.
- lxt 14y ago
  The author of the site works on Rust ;)
  - neilk 14y ago
    It all makes sense now
- smegel 14y ago
  While this is obviously intended to be humorous, I don't really care for the way it attacks the users of the language in such a mocking, patronising manner. Criticizing languages/paradigms is fine (the resulting flame-wars add a great deal of humour and interest to the world of programming) - but to caricaturize users of different languages as people suffering from certain negative traits is just ugly and leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth reading this. I for one would not want anything further to do with this author or site.
  - sspiff 14y ago
    I was kind of annoyed when I got the first remark after selecting C, but once I found out they made fun of everything, I actually started to like its criticizing.
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acheron 14y ago
As far as "remarks dismissive of PHP", that's pretty tame. If anything it's dismissive of Perl.
macspoofing 14y ago
Can't take a joke?
sneak 14y ago
What's the difference between a joke and two dicks? YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE.
neilk 14y ago
Amazingly, you can submit a pull request to this site, to fix it. So I did. https://github.com/jdm/asknot/pull/27 https://github.com/jdm/asknot/pull/27

mjb 14y ago

It says some similarly smartass remark about every language you choose. I like it, and think it fits in well with the tone of the rest of the site.

km3k 14y ago

It makes remarks for all the languages. I think it is part of the appeal of the website.

mhurron 14y ago
Ya, not everywhere tries to pretend that no one has a sense of humour the way HN does.

Permit 14y ago

It sounds to me like it acts as a filter for people who can't take a joke.

moystard 14y ago
"Fanboy Trap", it seems to work.

kibwen 14y ago

Notice that selecting any language gives you a dismissive remark, not just PHP. But you're right in that it's probably not the best way to cast a wide net (unless they're intentionally selecting for contributors with a good sense of humor).

TomasSedovic 14y ago
Except for Rust which takes you directly to rust-lang.org. I actually like the idea though. No language is perfect and people do seem to be a bit too sensitive of their favourite languages.
- kibwen 14y ago
  "So you have a fetish for pointer types? That's cool, we all get tired of monogamy eventually."
  - sharkweek 14y ago
    You learned how to program bank software in the 80s? COBOL is GREAT for that
- pcwalton 14y ago
  There are plenty of jokes we make at Rust's expense: http://mozillamemes.tumblr.com/post/29632512055/want-to-write-code-in-rust-youd-better-develop http://mozillamemes.tumblr.com/post/29632512055/want-to-writ...

iso8859-1 14y ago

This happens for every language :)

pdw 14y ago
Except for Rust :)
- xentronium 14y ago
  Everyone using Rust professionally seems to be already employed by mozilla.
  - pnathan 14y ago
    for now I'm still waiting for it to stabilize, but I plan to experiment with Rust in my next systems-level project.

darkstalker 14y ago

The remaining quotes: C++: "So you like long compile times and incomprehensible error messages? That's cool, we do too" Java: "So you're a believer in AbstractMethodFactoryBeans? That's cool, we all have our vices" Python: "So you enjoy the paradigm of backtrace-driven development? That's cool, everyone gets a bit tired of static typing once in a while" C: "So you think OOP is for hipsters? That's cool, we all get nostalgic sometimes" Javascript: "So you're a dynamic individual who thinks that, underneath, everything is an object? That's cool, we like to dream as well" For Rust, it just sends you directly to it's site.

shreeshga 14y ago
only the famous get mocked.
lxt 14y ago
The author of the site works on Rust ;)
- neilk 14y ago
  It all makes sense now
smegel 14y ago
While this is obviously intended to be humorous, I don't really care for the way it attacks the users of the language in such a mocking, patronising manner. Criticizing languages/paradigms is fine (the resulting flame-wars add a great deal of humour and interest to the world of programming) - but to caricaturize users of different languages as people suffering from certain negative traits is just ugly and leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth reading this. I for one would not want anything further to do with this author or site.
- sspiff 14y ago
  I was kind of annoyed when I got the first remark after selecting C, but once I found out they made fun of everything, I actually started to like its criticizing.

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acheron 14y ago

As far as "remarks dismissive of PHP", that's pretty tame. If anything it's dismissive of Perl.

macspoofing 14y ago

Can't take a joke?

sneak 14y ago

What's the difference between a joke and two dicks? YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE.

neilk 14y ago

Amazingly, you can submit a pull request to this site, to fix it. So I did. https://github.com/jdm/asknot/pull/27 https://github.com/jdm/asknot/pull/27