# A ruby programmer is called a rubyist, an elixir programmer is called an alchemist, a Go programmer is called a gopher, what is an Elm programmer called?

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On the subject of locked threads. I also noticed there was a period when this happened frequently - but Evan did also post to explain what he was frustrated by:

> [@What is "constructive" input?](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/what-is-constructive-input/977):
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> It seems like a lot of folks are confused about their relationship to Elm. I have a lot of thoughts on this topic, and I am sharing some subset in a relatively unfiltered way. I’m not looking for feedback. I just want to share a mixture of facts and feelings to help contextualize an experiment in increasing the amount of moderation we do. Core People At this point in time, the set of core folks includes at least: Evan Richard Aaron Brian Luke Ilias Noah These are people who make actual cho…

I have not seen any locked threads since that time, and I also notice that more recently Evan seems to be able to join in here more often. It strikes me that the best way forward is to respect his wishes and not constantly challenge the design choices in the compiler and core. Much better if the core contributors can feel comfortable joining in on here.

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