I consider Steve Yegge to be one of the smartest writers I've ever read on the subject of programming. You might disagree, but I would recommend looking for his previous writing (which I'm not sure is still available). You may find he has a better understanding of your toolset than you presume.
Or possibly not. I personally miss his rants.
This made me hate Java before I knew enough to know why. It's joyful writing. I'd love to run it past a non-coder just to see if it's enjoyable in and of itself. I suspect it would be to someone with an ounce of patience.
You're new to this HN thing? Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts...
Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA.
No, not really.
> Steve Yegge is kind well known around this here parts...
Well, I haven't noticed.
> Also you seem to be responding to the (meant as joke) title, not TFA.
Actually, to TFA as well. His arguments are trivial generics without much substance. Such articles irritate me greatly.
Don't feel bad, Sergey Brin also thought he was annoying at one point in time.
Personally I think it's cool that he's well known enough to annoy Sergey Brin but that's just me.
Well, it is a personal blog post and this post in particular is meant to convey personal preference (as evident by the whole semi-autobiography about his game app). The title was probably jokingly chosen to be generic on purpose (the post alludes to that in the fist paragraph).
Ah, see, a Yegge blog post isn't an article, it's an essential touchstone of the computer geek experience. You don't get persuaded by his arguments, but instead… delighted, filled with whimsy, and joy?
sarcasm off, his posts also fall south of my reading:substance ratio