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Re:QuickJS JavaScript Engine by dang on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:44PM (#20416910)
"Don't be snarky."

"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:QuickJS JavaScript Engine by kizer on Thursday July 11, 2019 @09:59PM (#20417491)
It wasn’t sarcasm. I was being sincere.
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Re:QuickJS JavaScript Engine by dang on Thursday July 11, 2019 @11:52PM (#20417979)
I believe you, but a comment like that is going to pattern-match to the internet default, which is snark, in nearly every reader's mind.
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Re:QuickJS JavaScript Engine by ibly31 on Saturday July 13, 2019 @11:11PM (#20431417)
I think you are overreacting here, his comment was definitely not interpreted as sarcastic. Quite the opposite, it was showing appreciation for what an achievement QuickJS is.
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