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Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by giraffe_lady on Friday March 11, 2022 @11:38AM (#30642109)
Pedagogical history isn't a strong argument for something's truth, just its usefulness to someone. Theology was considered a key component of a higher education for centuries and is still taught for example.

People have always strongly believed, and taught, things about their own languages and languages in general. They're not all wrong necessarily. But linguistics over the last like 80 years has produced some models that have incredible predictive and explanatory power, and are incompatible with a view of an objective "correct" or "best" or "standard" form of a language.

Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by exdsq on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:14PM (#30643749)
I think it is relevant though if the original point was that grammar is a new thing to solidify class structures. I’m not saying that class structures and correct grammar aren’t relevant, I’ve been corrected by drunk humanity-studying Etonians enough times at the pub, but I don’t believe that it’s some recent invention to solidify class structures.
Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by VyperCard on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:48PM (#30643348)
But what do they say about poor?