Re:F--- Perl 6
by davidw on Thursday November 19, 2009 @09:19AM
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Group 4: those who thought that just maybe they'd learn something about Perl 6, but were instead treated to some someone whose apparent inability to express themselves in the English language has led them to rely on 'fuck' as a crutch. I guess the title was a giveaway.
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I was more put off by the fact that I was expecting an article about programming languages but got an article about the social dynamics of the people using programming languages.
This is like an article titled "How to fix Lisp" filled only with advice on how to appear less smug.
There's a good argument that smugness is one of lisp's biggest problems. I would applaud such an article, if it was as widely read and listened to as mine appears to be going to be.
It's a rant. It says it's a rant.
It was aimed squarely at the rest of the perl 5 community; masak's post, which I do link, was aimed at the perl 6 community.
You'll find much of the rest of my blog is significantly less profanity-heavy, but being as subtle as a brick to the face was precisely the point here.
Re:F--- Perl 6
by Quarrelsome on Thursday November 19, 2009 @10:09AM
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I would expect that the serious number of "fucks" just go to indicate how pissed off the poster is about the issue. Overuse communicates utter frustration. You'd need to see how the post usually talks to know for sure though.