On 2009-11-16 21:22, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> Hi Andreas,  Hi All,
>
>     here's an interesting rant: 
> http://www.xent.com/pipermail/fork/Week-of-Mon-20091109/054578.html 
> from one Jeff Bone.  I think he's wrong on implementation and right on 
> general direction.  He wants current stuff (web, files, regular 
> expressions) to be easy, but (IMO) he's wrong to think that the only 
> way to get there is to put in direct linguistic support.  Why this 
> rant might be relevant to our discussion is that it shows what some 
> current programmers look for in a system and that if one can do what 
> he wants one has a better chance of competing to grow the community, 
> and growing the community can help in reaching other goals.
>
> Anyway, 2¢, grist to the mill, etc.
>
>
>
>    
+1000

Rant of the year!

Karl


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