It seems you've only read the title of this post.
Too bad. It's an interesting talk on the architecture of an ambitious compiler redesign. The title is a simplification for the sake of being a keynote.
Too bad. It's an interesting talk on the architecture of an ambitious compiler redesign. The title is a simplification for the sake of being a keynote.
There was a lot of interesting comments yesterday on a post called "Presumption of stupidity" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10034883). This could also applied to comments: Do not assume the worse you can imagine by default.
And yes, it's indeed a very interesting talk.