zlacker

[parent] [thread] 7 comments
1. xigoi+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-05 15:20:06
Please no. Design by committee would lead to another C++.
replies(2): >>almost+Q1 >>pjmlp+YD
◧
2. almost+Q1[view] [source] 2025-12-05 15:27:15
>>xigoi+(OP)
The second or third most popular language of all time? God forbid lol
replies(1): >>xigoi+q3
◧◩
3. xigoi+q3[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-05 15:34:44
>>almost+Q1
Popular does not mean good. Tobacco smoking is also popular.
replies(1): >>almost+j4
◧◩◪
4. almost+j4[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-05 15:38:28
>>xigoi+q3
Do you think this is clever? For a metaphor to be relevant to a discussion it has to be fitting, not just a dunk.
replies(1): >>xigoi+f5
◧◩◪◨
5. xigoi+f5[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-05 15:41:33
>>almost+j4
It’s not a metaphor. I was giving a counterexample to your implied claim that popularity is an indicator of quality.
replies(2): >>kanaff+56 >>ventur+nA1
◧◩◪◨⬒
6. kanaff+56[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-05 15:45:35
>>xigoi+f5
That wasn't an implied claim because we're not discussing metrics for judging quality.
◧
7. pjmlp+YD[view] [source] 2025-12-05 18:05:14
>>xigoi+(OP)
Languages with design by committee are a plenty, including all mainstream ones, not a single one is still being developed by a single person.
◧◩◪◨⬒
8. ventur+nA1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-05 23:00:23
>>xigoi+f5
You're right. It's everyone's least-favorite gotcha. Reminds me of this:

Waiter: "How is everything?"

Customer: "Great!"

Waiter, disgusted: "Even war?"

[go to top]