It's a good demonstration of how nobody can resist a good lynch mob no matter how ridiculous the topic.
It's absolutely hilarious how Elm of all things was the #1 enemy of HN the last couple days. A language just about nobody uses (except me).
Yet suddenly everyone is just three degrees away from someone else who was irreparably wronged by Elm's creator. People coming out of the woodwork to show that they, too, are offended by such reprehensible behavior like removing a couple features from a programming language.
Web developers are literally the most oppressed people on the planet. This Evan guy messed with the wrong motherfuckers!
What's even MORE hilarious, to me, is how Elm was the #1 Best Thing Ever for about a week sometime last winter, which is why I got into it in the first place.
It's a great language. The community has been nothing but stellar to me - a complete novice at not just FP, but also JS and web in general.
The entitlement is unreal. "How DARE you create this great free thing, and have the AUDACITY to make it work the way you want it to?!"