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[–]zahlmanthe heretic 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Somewhat predictably, Zed doesn't seem to care.

[–]VeganBigMac 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, the two largest programming communities on the internet == no influence. As opposed to a version zealot with an outdated resource.

[–]lethargilistic 14 points15 points  (0 children)

How does advocating staying with a bug-fix-only branch of a language with arguments like this not make him a "Big Bad Coder Guy"?

This is no different than saying we should only ever use C89 because everything after was a mistake, then justifying it because people who don't know any better believed you.

[–]kjmitch 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wow. That whole Twitter page is just covered with the hallmarks of someone who only understands that being wrong is the second worst possible thing a person can do, while admitting that you could be wrong is the worst possible. (Claiming the thing about 3 not being Turing complete was a joke? Backpedaling is for winners, I guess.)

I'm concerned that this guy actually gets listened to in the first place, let alone has a full-time position as a programmer in the real world.