> I really hate that whenever someone makes a proposal for a language, the zealots, be they lisp or C++ or whatever, immediately come out of the woodwork to hea

> I really hate that whenever someone makes a proposal for a language, the zealots, be they lisp or C++ or whatever, immediately come out of the woodwork to heap scorn upon the idea. I often wonder if contrarianism is so prevalent in community discussions simply for the sake of disagreement or to provoke negative emotion. It's completely counter to constructive criticism. Although to be fair, there are some comments to the contrary that at least make a passing effort to explain what they don't like about the suggestion and why they dislike whitespace languages in general, so I can't tar everyone with the same brush. That said, considering some of the outright vitriol, I almost feel like someone ought to implement it on principle alone.