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Practically speaking I'd prefer to work with a language and toolchain that doesn't require me to do that kind of stuff (write my own cross compiler from a deriv
by throwaway5752 12y ago
Practically speaking I'd prefer to work with a language and toolchain that doesn't require me to do that kind of stuff (write my own cross compiler from a derivative of the language that has all my own preferences for syntax). I'd constantly worry about maintaining that piece and having that cut into my quality & productivity. I think applied language theory as it pertains to productivity is fair game for a good discussion.
That said, whoever downvoted you for that reaffirms my belief that HN should have limited metamoderation with some kind of exponential backoff of mod privileges for egregiously poor moderation.
- DanBC 12y ago"Clueless hipsters" will attract downvotes.
- throwaway5752 12y agoI just wouldn't bother to downvote for such a minor, subjective tone issue. Anyway, sorry, I'll end it here. Don't want to detract from the Swift discussion. It makes me sad that companies are coming up with their own language stacks. Obviously Google vis a vis Oracle makes it a good move, if a company has the scale to accomplish and maintain it. Not to be a downer on what seems like a nice language, but other than that reason I see no need for Swift.
- stcredzero 12y agoI didn't use that term until after the downvotes.
- DanBC 12y agoThe post in this thread uses the term "clueless hipsters" in its first sentence. That phrase will attract downvotes. If you care about downvotes stop using needlessly polarising terminology. If you don't care about downvotes, well, do whatever.
- stcredzero 12y agoI care more about calling out the cluelessness than the downvotes. If it gets attention and brings some bits of CompSci to the attention of people who wouldn't otherwise know, then all the better.