[thowaway91234]

We have developers of various experience and skillsets that come and go, sticking to a subset of language features with minimal magic has made it easier to onboard and get people productive. We have massive codebase, and sprinkling these new sugars around in arbitrary places to be lindmines for them isn't worth it to me. From a business perspective, we're not too concerned about pushing the language forward, we're focused on creating value for our customers - the language is just a detail.

[bradgessler]

If the language is “just a detail”, then why go through the trouble of writing about your distaste of new syntax features in Ruby? Using new language features does not categorically hurt or help “create value for customers”.

[notjoemama]

Not the originator, addressing only your question, the hacker news commenting system is a form social media. People are free to comment as they see fit and for reasons that make sense to them, within certain guidelines that don’t appear to apply here. My impression is your comment, and previously theirs, is an airing of grievance. Which is common and par for the course in social media spaces. My intention in commenting is to give a voice to what is typically an unspoken understanding.