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Why your new programming language won't work

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Re: Why your new programming language won't work

#21

Post by zobzu »

dextorious wrote: post #17
Cushman wrote: post #13

I understand how it gets here, but I wish people wouldn't upvote this kind of pointless pandering. I'm sure it has a place somewhere, but it's not HN. Some new things fail because of obvious flaws. Some fail because of non-obvious flaws. A very few things succeed despite both kinds. Nothing succeeds because it's perfect-- and that includes every programming language we use today. If there's one thing HN drills into o…

"I understand how it gets here, but I wish people wouldn't upvote this kind of pointless pandering. I'm sure it has a place somewhere, but it's not HN." Should HN only reserve a place for the other kind of pointless pandering, the one the article mocks?

Anything that does not remotely target Google is allowed. /pun

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

#22

Post by jQueryIsAwesome »

dextorious wrote: post #17
Cushman wrote: post #13

I understand how it gets here, but I wish people wouldn't upvote this kind of pointless pandering. I'm sure it has a place somewhere, but it's not HN. Some new things fail because of obvious flaws. Some fail because of non-obvious flaws. A very few things succeed despite both kinds. Nothing succeeds because it's perfect-- and that includes every programming language we use today. If there's one thing HN drills into o…

"I understand how it gets here, but I wish people wouldn't upvote this kind of pointless pandering. I'm sure it has a place somewhere, but it's not HN." Should HN only reserve a place for the other kind of pointless pandering, the one the article mocks?

People trying to improve things should be encouraged; even if they always fail; and if its related to programming it should be here.

People that mock those people should be taken as amateur comedians, and should be on reddit (not here).

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

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Post by DiabloD3 »

I can pretty much tell anyone who asks why your new programming language won't work.

Its because people like me, the used C for 15 years, Perl for 10, and can't stand Python/Ruby/C#/OtherNewFangledLanguage types... simply do not care about your language.

Yup, its that simple. If you can't hook the guys who've been around the block a few times, what hope does your language have?

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

#25

Post by sukuriant »

zobzu wrote: post #21
dextorious wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I understand how it gets here, but I wish people wouldn't upvote this kind of pointless pandering. I'm sure it has a place somewhere, but it's not HN." Should HN only reserve a place for the other kind of pointless pandering, the one the article mocks?

Anything that does not remotely target Google is allowed. /pun

So the Google search command at the bottom is disallowed? :P

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

#26

Post by wanorris »

pnathan wrote: post #3

That's pretty win. I nearly laughed tea through my nose. In particular, this was win: [ ] You have reinvented Lisp but worse [ ] You have reinvented Javascript but worse [ ] You have reinvented Java but worse [ ] You have reinvented C++ but worse [ ] You have reinvented PHP but worse [ ] You have reinvented PHP better, but that's still no justification [ ] You have reinvented Brainf*** but non-ironically

> You have reinvented PHP better, but that's still no justification

This says it all right here.

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

#27

Post by MostAwesomeDude »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #24

I can pretty much tell anyone who asks why your new programming language won't work. Its because people like me, the used C for 15 years, Perl for 10, and can't stand Python/Ruby/C#/OtherNewFangledLanguage types... simply do not care about your language. Yup, its that simple. If you can't hook the guys who've been around the block a few times, what hope does your language have?

How old do you think Python is? :3

(Answer: 20 years old; it was first publicly talked about in 1991. Python is as old as Linux!)

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

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Post by bitops »

Cushman wrote: post #13

I understand how it gets here, but I wish people wouldn't upvote this kind of pointless pandering. I'm sure it has a place somewhere, but it's not HN. Some new things fail because of obvious flaws. Some fail because of non-obvious flaws. A very few things succeed despite both kinds. Nothing succeeds because it's perfect-- and that includes every programming language we use today. If there's one thing HN drills into o…

I agree and thank you for writing this reply. As of late I notice that the one phrase that is guaranteed to set me off is the phrase "that won't work" or "that's not going to work".

My reaction is always: "okay...you took the time to tear it down but not the time to think through why things were done that way".

It's easy to see flaws, but much harder to suggest alternative (and improved) solutions.

Re: Why your new programming language won't work

#30

Post by doomlaser »

apl wrote: post #5
pnathan wrote: post #3

That's pretty win. I nearly laughed tea through my nose. In particular, this was win: [ ] You have reinvented Lisp but worse [ ] You have reinvented Javascript but worse [ ] You have reinvented Java but worse [ ] You have reinvented C++ but worse [ ] You have reinvented PHP but worse [ ] You have reinvented PHP better, but that's still no justification [ ] You have reinvented Brainf*** but non-ironically

The expression "[...] is win" is decidedly not win.

This.

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