How we talk about other languages

[Dan_Abrams]

I’m not sure that’s really a criticism, or at least not rampant negativity.

One of Javascript’s strengths is its flexibility—it can do just about anything. The downside of that is complexity.

Perhaps Elm’s biggest strength is it’s simplicity. The flip side of that is that it’s very restrictive, and we have to spend a lot of time writing JavaScript to send through ports to do many many things.

If JavaScript weren’t so flexible, we wouldn’t be able to do much of what wouldn’t be able to access much of what we are able to do in elm.

[rtfeldman]

It surprising how easy it is to overstep the mark

Would you mind quoting the part of the OP that you think characterizes what I wrote?

In other words, was my observation that JS had gotten more complex over the years most like calling it a “garbage fire”, or “fetid trash”, or was this observation most akin to calling it “something you need therapy for”?

[eeue56]

Noting trends, complexity, and patterns in different languages and discussing them is not the same as what the OP is talking about. It’s entirely possible to have a civil conversation in which you say “I personally dislike X about Y”, or “I noticed that X is like Y but A is like B”. These are okay things to say. What the original post is talking about, however, is saying “I dislike X, so it is rubbish and the worst thingin the world” is not okay, because it’s hostile without needing to be.

I suggest re-reading the OP. With that, I’m locking the thread.

[eeue56]