rf@wu1.UUCP (01/31/85)
I've lately noticed a large number of flames in these groups, all of the form: Your favorite language stinks. I love my favorite language. It's better than your favorite language because (here insert some slander on someone else's favorite language). It's difficult to comment rationally on something you don't know well, still harder to comment rationally on something you hate. Such commentary is invariably wrong-headed and often outright wrong. I read the net.lang groups because I like discussions of programming and because I sometimes learn techniques from the groups. I'm don't enjoy nasty postings -- and what else are these slanders? May I suggest that such discussions be moved off to net.flame? They do none of us interested in *using* our favorite langauges any good at all, nor are they likely to persuade people to stop using their favorite languages. "The price of freedom is self-discipline." Randolph Fritz UUCPnet: {ihnp4,decvax}!philabs!wu1!rf