The best criticism of this kind of ridicule came from the author in the link he provided in the apology. Namely, those ridiculing the code did so without explai

The best criticism of this kind of ridicule came from the author in the link he provided in the apology. Namely, those ridiculing the code did so without explaining what's wrong with it (or, better put, how it could be improved). The mockery would have been more excusable if it had come with some means of learning from it.