Name: Anonymous 2011-02-09 16:50
Instead, they introduced generics, right, which is this huge, massive, category-theoretic type system that they brought in, where you have to under[stand] – to actually use it you have to know the difference between covariant and contravariant return [and argument] types, and you have to understand why every single mathematical... [I tail off in strangled frustration...]
And then what happens on mailing lists is users say: "So I'm trying to do X." And they say: "WELL, for the following category-theoretic reasons ...there's no way to do it." And they go: "Oh! Oh. Then I'm gonna go use JavaScript, then." Right?
And then what happens on mailing lists is users say: "So I'm trying to do X." And they say: "WELL, for the following category-theoretic reasons ...there's no way to do it." And they go: "Oh! Oh. Then I'm gonna go use JavaScript, then." Right?