[sverige]

>And I'm not sure that HN is super representative of its interests either. The email was aimed at LLVM folks, not HN.

>On a more meta level, I also think it would be good for lots of folks (HN, twitter, etc.) to be a bit less harsh in their criticism of initial posts proposing new efforts/projects.

I'm sure it's super annoying when folks in the larger community with vested interests in the continuing success of projects like LLVM start noticing harsh criticism coming from credible experts like Rich Felker. =]

And then post it to HN or tweet it out to others so the concern spreads. =]

But all feedback is good feedback, right? And anyways, I'm sure the folks at LLVM will let Google have their way in the end because there's no other foreseeable outcome of this discussion, is there? At least, none worth discussing. =]

[jchw]

Rich Felker was being civil. You are not being civil. In the spirit of civility and honestly just adhering to Hacker News community guidelines, please reconsider your tone. I believe this kind of behavior is damaging to open source, and mocking the person you are replying to reflects pretty poorly on yourself.

[sverige]

I agree that I was out of line, which is why I posted a more civil reply (I hope) afterwards, since at that point I wasn't able to delete it.