It's great if you know more than others and have time to share some of what you know in the comments. But the putdown aspect is unnecessary and can really hit people hard sometimes.
In my defence, vacuous articles are sometimes posted here and sometimes (rarely) reach the front page. I can see from other comments that this post doesn't count. I like to I think I got mixed up, not because I've forgotten what it's like to be a beginner, but because I started with procedural languages before purely class-based ones like Java.
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Sorry to pile on (to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676030), but can you please make your substantive points without putting others down, or their work? It's always possible to do so, and much more in keeping with the spirit we want here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
It's great if you know more than others and have time to share some of what you know in the comments. But the putdown aspect is unnecessary and can really hit people hard sometimes.
Fair point. Sorry.
In my defence, vacuous articles are sometimes posted here and sometimes (rarely) reach the front page. I can see from other comments that this post doesn't count. I like to I think I got mixed up, not because I've forgotten what it's like to be a beginner, but because I started with procedural languages before purely class-based ones like Java.
Thanks, @dang