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Eric Meijer invented dumb.

Started by noah · 10 months ago

I just saw the funniest thing.
I’m watching this talk, by Eric Meijer, about Visual Basic.  During the talk, he keeps bringing up examples of where languages “stole” features from VB.  The first (and marginally less funny), is when he basic ... Continue reading »

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  • Elmar Langholz

    1 year ago

    I definitely agree. There is a tendency to hype up languages which we like and have developed code for them, especially if we helped implement key features (http://research.microsoft.com/~emeijer/Papers/P...). I guess this sort of behavior comes from a feeling of belonging as one would have with our children.

    BTW, I couldn't agree more with the IsNot patent! I'm all about trying to avoid these type rocks on the road.
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  • John F.

    1 year ago

    Haha, I can't believe he tried to claim the REPL of all things. What's next? VB invented the GUI? Invented whitespace?
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