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The difference between "fool" and "looks like it's a hack job by a poor programmer" is that one critiques the actual work, and one assaults the person. Insulti
by mrkurt 17y ago
The difference between "fool" and "looks like it's a hack job by a poor programmer" is that one critiques the actual work, and one assaults the person. Insulting or not, critiques of work improve discourse and name calling usually doesn't.
- statictype 17y agoesr calls him a fool for his position that meaning can be derived from structure. I fail to see the difference between that and calling someone a poor programmer based on 1000 lines of prototype code.
- mrkurt 17y agoWhat you're failing to see is the meaning of the phrase "looks like it was written by a poor programmer". That's a comment on the code only, given that it's possible for a fantastic programmer to write code like that. It's not, however, the same as "calling someone a poor programmer". Likewise, someone looking at an abstract painting might say "that looks like it was painted by a 5 year old", which doesn't mean they're calling the actual painter a 5 year old. It's commentary on the work.