[lincolnwebs]

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

[darkstalker]

The remaining quotes:

C++: "So you like long compile times and incomprehensible error messages? That's cool, we do too"

Java: "So you're a believer in AbstractMethodFactoryBeans? That's cool, we all have our vices"

Python: "So you enjoy the paradigm of backtrace-driven development? That's cool, everyone gets a bit tired of static typing once in a while"

C: "So you think OOP is for hipsters? That's cool, we all get nostalgic sometimes"

Javascript: "So you're a dynamic individual who thinks that, underneath, everything is an object? That's cool, we like to dream as well"

For Rust, it just sends you directly to it's site.

[lxt]

The author of the site works on Rust ;)

[neilk]

It all makes sense now

[smegel]

While this is obviously intended to be humorous, I don't really care for the way it attacks the users of the language in such a mocking, patronising manner.

Criticizing languages/paradigms is fine (the resulting flame-wars add a great deal of humour and interest to the world of programming) - but to caricaturize users of different languages as people suffering from certain negative traits is just ugly and leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth reading this.

I for one would not want anything further to do with this author or site.

[sspiff]

I was kind of annoyed when I got the first remark after selecting C, but once I found out they made fun of everything, I actually started to like its criticizing.

[shreeshga]

only the famous get mocked.

[Permit]

It sounds to me like it acts as a filter for people who can't take a joke.

[moystard]

"Fanboy Trap", it seems to work.

[mjb]

It says some similarly smartass remark about every language you choose. I like it, and think it fits in well with the tone of the rest of the site.

[kibwen]

Notice that selecting any language gives you a dismissive remark, not just PHP. But you're right in that it's probably not the best way to cast a wide net (unless they're intentionally selecting for contributors with a good sense of humor).

[TomasSedovic]

Except for Rust which takes you directly to rust-lang.org. I actually like the idea though. No language is perfect and people do seem to be a bit too sensitive of their favourite languages.

[pcwalton]

There are plenty of jokes we make at Rust's expense: http://mozillamemes.tumblr.com/post/29632512055/want-to-writ...

[kibwen]

"So you have a fetish for pointer types? That's cool, we all get tired of monogamy eventually."

[sharkweek]

You learned how to program bank software in the 80s? COBOL is GREAT for that

[km3k]

It makes remarks for all the languages. I think it is part of the appeal of the website.

[mhurron]

Ya, not everywhere tries to pretend that no one has a sense of humour the way HN does.

[acheron]

As far as "remarks dismissive of PHP", that's pretty tame. If anything it's dismissive of Perl.

[sneak]

What's the difference between a joke and two dicks?

YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE.

[iso8859-1]

This happens for every language :)

[pdw]

Except for Rust :)

[xentronium]

Everyone using Rust professionally seems to be already employed by mozilla.

[pnathan]

for now

I'm still waiting for it to stabilize, but I plan to experiment with Rust in my next systems-level project.

[macspoofing]

Can't take a joke?

[neilk]

Amazingly, you can submit a pull request to this site, to fix it. So I did. https://github.com/jdm/asknot/pull/27