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> What if it had taken Nintendo 35 years to release the next GameBoy More like Nintendo took 35 years to release the "VideoGameGirl", a product with a complete
by embedding-shape 4mo ago
> What if it had taken Nintendo 35 years to release the next GameBoy
More like Nintendo took 35 years to release the "VideoGameGirl", a product with a completely different name, and then suddenly a bunch of die-hard GameBoy fans are complaining that this separate product, even if it shares origin with the GameBoy, somehow doesn't even run games made for a different console.
That's how this Perl/Raku navelgazing feels like to me.
- librasteve 4mo agowell the whole point of the rename is to sidestep the Perl vs. Raku navelgazing
- embedding-shape 4mo agoIndeed, but I guess the Perl/Raku haters don't have anything of actual meat in their complaints, so off bike-shedding about the most trivial shit we go.
- DonHopkins 4mo agoLarry Ellison should buy it, then there would be no need for technical arguments any more, just like Java. You could just say "lawnmower" to end the debate on ethical grounds.
- stakhanov 4mo ago> Perl/Raku haters don't have anything of actual meat in their complaints For a random complaint of mine (one of many) see [1]. Using Perl as my main programming language for 3.5 years has given me plenty of "meat" to throw around; I just don't want to bore people with it, nor do I want to re-live the trauma. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42460014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42460014