[ScottPJones]

I don't feel at all that it's a fair characterization of the overall community. I'm sure I've been the target of more of what Dan Luu experienced than anyone else in the Julia community, from the same source, but I haven't let that stop me from contributing as best I can to the community, by answering questions (on Gitter and Discourse), helping with code, and by contributing my own packages to help out in areas where I felt Julia needed some extra attention. I also think that most of the community is more aligned with the example set by Jeff and Viral. Both show great civility, patience, and a willingness to listen to others, in my experience. Finally, with regards to the person that both Dan and I have had problems with (and I have no personal knowledge of that feud, that happened before I had discovered Julia), I respect him a lot (even if he feels I "attack" him when I try to bring up technical issues with code / designs that he's been involved with), I will always be grateful for his role in creating Julia, I think he's a great promoter of Julia, at conferences, etc., and he often has quite a lot of good, well-thought out things to say on GitHub and Discourse.

[wirrbel]

Don't you ever wonder how many excellent contributions to Julia were not made, because that person overstepping boundaries?