Why Software Sucks.

Re:Why Software Sucks. by russell on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @11:59AM (#466005)

It's an unsubstantiated attack on patterns, software engineering, and licensing by Xah Lee, who used to pollute slashdot IIRC. He has nothing of interest to say.

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Re:Why Software Sucks. by kzar on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:30PM (#466077)

The author is well known for being a troll in some IRC channels as well.

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Re:Why Software Sucks. by icey on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:34PM (#466085)

Wow, that dude gets around... I recognized him as a troll from comp.lang.lisp

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Re:Why Software Sucks. by llimllib on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @01:33PM (#466214)

all over usenet, not just cll... Here's a fun old thread on c.l.python about him: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/t...

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Re:Why Software Sucks. by asciilifeform on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:16PM (#466045)

It is a very well substantiated attack on these ills.

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Re:Why Software Sucks. by scott_s on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:19PM (#466050)

Then can you explain what his reasons are for hating design patterns, Larry Wall and Unix to the point of calling them criminal?

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