Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by hmsimha on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:44AM
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Either you don't consider linux to be 'anything of value' or you haven't read Linus Torvalds' take on c++
http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/linus
Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by lifeisstillgood on Thursday January 24, 2013 @01:22PM
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This is amazingly both of the above points
1. A clear and succinct citicism directed at the failings of a language in technical terms
2. Attacking a maker and telling them not to make stuff.
However.
Like Stallman, we take the rough with the smooth with Torvalds. Some people earn it.
Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by amcl on Thursday January 24, 2013 @09:00PM
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Given Dmitry instigated that incident by attempting himself to "slut-shame" C, I'd say he had that one coming! I think Linus was fed-up there with the nth polite suggestion he re-implement either git or the kernel in C++.
Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by lifeisstillgood on Friday January 25, 2013 @12:32PM
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There was a "police camera action" footage of a UK nightclub and a man leaping up and slapping the bouncer 6 or 7 times because he was not allowed in - on the eighth leap the bouncer simply punches him once to the ground.
The voice over explains that police had reviewed the footage, and whilst commonly prosecuting bouncers for ABH, this time declined to press charges.
Its probably not at all the same :-)
Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by mattgreenrocks on Thursday January 24, 2013 @03:40PM
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Finding one edge case doesn't refute the original point. Most /r/programming-esque lingual slut-shaming is by people who seem to be very good at being Right On The Internet, and not much else.
And that's a woefully terrible thing to be good at.
Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by inavat on Friday January 25, 2013 @02:10AM
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What evidence do you have that a propensity to "slut-shame" isn't distributed evenly between people who are and aren't good at things?
Re:"I couldn't really learn Erlang, 'cos it didn't exist, so...
by mattgreenrocks on Friday January 25, 2013 @08:44AM
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Purely anecdotal. I'm just highly suspicious of individuals who feel the need to slut-shame anonymous people on the Internet rather than actually make things.
The wanna-be makers project their own failings more readily.