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Re:Where Tcl and Tk Went Wrong by bborud on Saturday February 11, 2012 @10:43AM (#3579426)
If you were to submit a paper to a conference or a journal and they asked you to provide an abstract -- would you be offended? Why not? When you read ACM or IEEE journals, do you see the abstracts as "dumbing down to TV-style sound bytes"?
Re:Where Tcl and Tk Went Wrong by davidw on Saturday February 11, 2012 @10:52AM (#3579434)
Let's put it this way: if you can't figure it out from the title of the article, it's just not for you.

The article was not meant for people with a casual interest in the subject, but those who wanted to know about the details.

If that's not you, so be it. I would note, however, that at this point you've surely spent more time complaining here than it would have taken you to read the entire article.

Re:Where Tcl and Tk Went Wrong by tbsdy on Saturday February 11, 2012 @06:12PM (#3580462)
He is not writing for the ACMA or the IEEE. He is writing a blog. There is no need for an executive summary! His article is fine, it took me no longer than 3 minutes or so to read it. Great article!