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A comment on John Carmack: “I just dumped the C++ server I wrote for a new one in Racket”. Parent comment

Re:John Carmack: “I just dumped the C++ server I wrote for a... by the_af on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @09:02AM (#9225101)
I agree with you about treating newcomers nicely, but do note "having a new one teared" is an expression that doesn't refer to new people :)
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Re:John Carmack: “I just dumped the C++ server I wrote for a... by toothbrush on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @06:11PM (#9229014)
Right, i totally didn't parse that sentence correctly on account of not being familiar with the (arguably distasteful) idiom. Thanks for the clarification, though.
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