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Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by pertymcpert on Monday August 13, 2018 @09:23AM (#17749823)
I think so?

“As an embedded engineer I can’t agree that C “has problems” because it treats you like a big boy with your big boy pants on. :)”

Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by SlowRobotAhead on Monday August 13, 2018 @07:24PM (#17754360)
Do you know what “because” in that sentence means?

Edit: Nah, that’s OK. Just downvote and scamper on. Make HN more like Reddit, that’s what this place needs!

Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by dang on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @03:49AM (#17756191)
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News?
Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by pertymcpert on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @06:39AM (#17756725)
Well I took it to mean that because you think it treats you as a "big boy" you don't think it has problems.
Re:On Apple's Love Affair with Swift by pertymcpert on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @06:41AM (#17756730)
Oh and I have no idea how to downvote on HN. Not that I care, but I don't see any downvote buttons.