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Oh, for heaven's sake. Now that he's gone and written this template, what the hell are we going to talk about on HN? Everything is ruined.

• klibertp 13y ago
  On the first glance this seems like a complete list of "language wars fallacies", but I'm 100% sure people will still come up with many variations on those and call them arguments. Just as they did for the past... half a century? So no need to worry, next time there is some PHP thread you'll see exactly the same thing you're used to. Anyway, it's very well written and it provides a framework for selecting threads and comments to ignore. While I had a vague idea how to recognize unproductive flames now I have a solid template, which can be a great time saver. Now I wish for someone to write this for "editor wars" as well!
• RyanZAG 13y ago
  The way people talk about it is hopefully ruined for some - if this makes a couple people stop to think that their reasons for championing a language are flawed then this is one awesome post. (yes, I know you're being sarcastic) However, the discussion on issues such as type-safe vs not are still going to come up because they really are useful discussions because there isn't a right or wrong answer. It's like arguing if you should take the train or a car. In a general sense it's not a useful question, but in a specific sense it is very useful. Should I take the train or a car when going between specific X and Y is actually still a useful discussion and an important decision.