[chetanahuja]

"That combined with the fact that you're not a Haskeller, you're not familiar with what they've built."

On the other hand, I don't have to be a php'r to know facebook was built in that language or a C++ programmer to know what google has done with it.

The negative-nancy is Timothy Baldridge, an employee of Rich Hickey's company Cognitect.

By personally attacking a critic of your claims, you're only making your case weaker.

[belovedeagle]

> personally attacking

Personal attack? What personal attack? Are you reading the same comment I am? He identified someone. If identification amounts to a personal attack, then that would seem to indicate severe problems with the image of the person being identified!

[chetanahuja]

"The negative-nancy is Timothy Baldridge, an employee of Rich Hickey's company Cognitect. Cognitect is "the" Clojure company and represents the inner-clique."

Apart from the juvenile "negative-nancy", there's also the clear implication of ascribing untoward motives based on the person's identity.