On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Absolutely nothing to add to the argument as such except to say that I am > quite surprised at the level of resistance to James' thread. I can see the > argument if this was the 'dev' mailing list. > I have been reading this mailing list for a long while now (even if I > haven't contributed much to it) but if this had been the first post I had > read I would have a very negative opinion of the *clojure community*. It > comes off as sounding like "if you don't like what we do, go away - it is > our way or the highway", which would be a terrible shame as I don't *think* > that is the case? If I wanted that atmosphere there are plenty of other > places to go. > Sure, I get that James' email didn't really provide any points of > discussion, it was more a moan (sorry James ;)), but so what - I don't see > anybody shooting down "ClojureScript - I love it" type posts. And maybe a > better response would be asking "OK, this guy clearly doesn't get it - how > can we improve our communication"? > Rich - we are *all* grateful and I expect I am not alone in being amazed at > the technical marvel you have pulled out of the hat. But to be honest I > think you need a thicker skin. Getting your strokes from the mailing list > is dangerous at best. To be disheartened by one negative post in the midst > of positive votes is a bit worrying. > If this mailing list is for the community to discuss Clojure and ask > Clojurians for help then these responses were inappropriate. If this > mailing list is to "big up" Clojure then fine - but make that explicit. > > Col (surprisingly disappointed and feels strongly enough to send this at the > risk of being called a troll himself!) > > P.S. Strongly opinionated communities that shoots down criticisms of "the > great leaders' achievements" is unfortunately not breaking new ground - so > stop this :) and move onto the next ground breaking tool!
+1 to all of that. -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
