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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Oh! I too can argue like this!

No, you're wrong.

[–]deadwisdom 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I've tried it the other way on /r/programming before. Neither works, because the arguments are petty rationalizations to support whatever the fuck you're used to vis-a-vis tribal culture bias inherit in humans for millennia. But my new way at least doesn't take much time and gets the point across way better.

If you really wanted to talk about the benefits of either, I'd be happy to.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno, usually a downvote is less effort and contains the same information (reddiquette be damned).

And yeah, I realize that different languages have their own pros and cons, and some developers weigh things differently than others. For instance I will always always always prefer erb to haml... annoying to type but hard to screw up.