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Re:Julia Language Co-Creators Win James H. Wilkinson Prize f... by eigenspace on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:17PM (#18980878)
Criticisms of languages should not be taken as criticisms of their creators or users. I don't see anything wrong with saying "Language X does Y better than language Z in my use cases."

Languages are toolsets and programmers are always looking for appropriate tools for a given task. It seems crazy to demand that people not be able to talk honestly about their experiences using a given tool. Python doesn't have feelings, it won't be sad if you don't like it.

Re:Julia Language Co-Creators Win James H. Wilkinson Prize f... by xiaodai on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @08:33PM (#18985217)
Even if it does, what's wrong with stating an opinion? Why does an honest opinion have to be branded "smear"?