To give you some background on why your original post might've been considered inflammatory - the author of the blog you shared has openly said "V is something that should be ignored until it dies into obscurity":
> the author of the blog you shared has openly said "V is something that should be ignored until it dies into obscurity":
I didn't know this -- that's very harsh, and I don't agree at all. I see that that comment was made after the reviewing blog posts, however. I can get that the relation between V and them has soured.
That's the one I initially replied to, sharing my view as an outside observer. It would probably serve V well to handle such popular blog posts in some way. Like put up a blog post refuting the points in the article, and then link to that or something. Something to undo the damage to the language's image by those posts, and (re-)inspire confidence.
The other way is probably to be "so good they can't ignore you". That would be great, always good to have more great tools.
> My advice is - check out the language and make up your own mind. In the end this is a tool, not a football club.
I completely agree -- and people should try it for themselves. I guess my point is mostly that if the community's exposure to a language is those blog posts, they won't be inclined to try it. And if those blog posts don't get handled in a graceful and confidence inspiring way, the community won't "update" its view of the language.
> the author of the blog you shared has openly said "V is something that should be ignored until it dies into obscurity":
I didn't know this -- that's very harsh, and I don't agree at all. I see that that comment was made after the reviewing blog posts, however. I can get that the relation between V and them has soured.
> Also even in this thread there were people spreading lies about the language: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33544205
That's the one I initially replied to, sharing my view as an outside observer. It would probably serve V well to handle such popular blog posts in some way. Like put up a blog post refuting the points in the article, and then link to that or something. Something to undo the damage to the language's image by those posts, and (re-)inspire confidence.
The other way is probably to be "so good they can't ignore you". That would be great, always good to have more great tools.
> My advice is - check out the language and make up your own mind. In the end this is a tool, not a football club.
I completely agree -- and people should try it for themselves. I guess my point is mostly that if the community's exposure to a language is those blog posts, they won't be inclined to try it. And if those blog posts don't get handled in a graceful and confidence inspiring way, the community won't "update" its view of the language.