Re:Ask HN: Are you satisfied with Elixir or do you regret ch...
by ncallaway on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @09:39AM
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> This is a bizarre criticism of Elxir the language. There are a lot of developers out there who prefer a more lightweight editor and do not want the bells, whistles and crutches of a heavy duty environment.
Right, but...there are also developers out there who do want those things.
It feels very dismissive to dismiss a complaint like that as "petty" just because there's a set of people who don't have the same needs. I feel like it's a very useful piece of information about the language that doesn't feel at all petty to me.
If you don't want the IDE-like tooling, then you can read the comment and think: "ah, they want more tooling than I do, so this critique doesn't apply to my use-case". If you do want that style tooling, then you might read the comment and think: "Ah, that's good to know. That applies to me, and I'll definitely take it into consideration".
Someone having priorities that are different from you doesn't seem "petty" to me. It just seems...like different priorities.
Right, but...there are also developers out there who do want those things.
It feels very dismissive to dismiss a complaint like that as "petty" just because there's a set of people who don't have the same needs. I feel like it's a very useful piece of information about the language that doesn't feel at all petty to me.
If you don't want the IDE-like tooling, then you can read the comment and think: "ah, they want more tooling than I do, so this critique doesn't apply to my use-case". If you do want that style tooling, then you might read the comment and think: "Ah, that's good to know. That applies to me, and I'll definitely take it into consideration".
Someone having priorities that are different from you doesn't seem "petty" to me. It just seems...like different priorities.