The Cancers In The Ruby Community

Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by txus on Sunday April 15, 2012 @06:48PM (#3845051)

If you can't see the point because of the "harsh language" then I apologize, I might publish a politically correct version for you then :)

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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by DanBC on Sunday April 15, 2012 @07:00PM (#3845073)

There Are Lots Of Seemingly Trivial Ways To Make Your Text Harder To Read.

yOu mAy sAy tHat pEople wHo hAve tRouble rEading sUch tExt sHould jUst mAke mOre eFfort.

But.you.are.writing.the.blog.,.so.surely.you.want.to.be.as.widely.read.as.possible.?.

Postel's law (gently reformulated) is important when you have one-to-many communication. "be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept".

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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by txus on Sunday April 15, 2012 @07:04PM (#3845084)

Heh, I really liked the analogy with Postel's law, and I guess you're right. The main criticising I've received about the blog post has been about the swearing, so I guess I could skip that next time.

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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by nupark2 on Sunday April 15, 2012 @08:00PM (#3845226)

The harsh language doesn't convey the point at all. It's an appeal to emotion, and has no place in a rational argument.

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Re:The Cancers In The Ruby Community by txus on Monday April 16, 2012 @02:58AM (#3846249)

This is not (only) a rational argument, but a call to action, and that requires an appeal to emotion.

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