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Re:Red Programming Language: Plans for 2019 by 9214 on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:41PM (#18847609)
"Wizardry" surrounded by "cult", "no highly visible projects" and "shortcomings", followed by unbacked focus on a particular national group reads more like "quackery" to me.

I get that meaning might be lost in translation, but also think that it's fair to assume the worst, esp. on an Internet forum.

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Re:Red Programming Language: Plans for 2019 by Spare_account on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:09PM (#18848797)
> [I] think that it's fair to assume the worst, esp. on an Internet forum.

As per HackerNews Guidelines page [1]:

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Red Programming Language: Plans for 2019 by 9214 on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:45PM (#18849209)
Touche.
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Re:Red Programming Language: Plans for 2019 by ummonk on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:24PM (#18848229)
This definitely seems like a language issue. “Wizardry” has a very positive connotation of using technical magic to achieve amazing results.
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Re:Red Programming Language: Plans for 2019 by sevensor on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:19PM (#18848161)
> it's fair to assume the worst

I, on the other hand, will upvote your comments because they add context to my own.

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