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Really? It just sounds condescending and arrogant in a very Anglo-centric way even if I try to read the satire between the lines. If that was the intention, th
by dotfish 12y ago
Really? It just sounds condescending and arrogant in a very Anglo-centric way even if I try to read the satire between the lines.
If that was the intention, the author isn't very good at it.
- robzyb 12y agoThe author is someone who is trying to apply a simple and consistent set of rules to non-perfect systems. The author of course gets 'angry' with the super-non-perfect systems. Those languages are very difficult to deal with, and he is expressing his frustration. That doesn't mean he's being condescending nor arrogant.
- ekianjo 12y agoYou should replace "non-perfect" with "non-English" in your comment. That would fit just as well.
- robzyb 12y agoI disagree. It seems to me like english is "more perfect" if you are trying to build a straightforward model of a language like a software developer might. The article suggests that there are some convoluted rules in other languages which make it much more difficult to model the language.