From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-01-11T10:16:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Serious programmers and syntax (was Re: Python vs Ruby)

Douglas Livingstone wrote:

>>>IMHO the different syntax shouldn't be an argument for a "serious"
>>>programmer.
>>>      
>>>
>>Please count me out as a serious programmer, then. I care deeply about
>>the aesthetics of Ruby.
>>    
>>
>
>Well... he did put it in quotes. I think what he means by "serious" is
>someone who writes code simply to get a job done - nothing more.
>"Serious" is the wrong word, it implies that people who cares about
>more than the functionality are not "serious", which is BS.
>
Wash your mouths out, guys.  In English, "serious" is a highly 
derogatory and offensive and dull term.  Get that out.

_why