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How’s that related to the article not being mobile friendly?

It's a reference sheet for a programming language. Like it's clearly designed to be read as you're writing code. I don't understand in which circumstance you'd optimize such a document for mobile use.

You have never read documentation on something you’re not currently writing code with _right_ _now_? Or looked at documentation for something you worked on in the day as you’re on your way home from work?

I opened it on mobile because I was interested in seeing how they differ, even though I’m not using either right now.

Well, I typically don't read a lot on mobile. Screen is too small and you can't block ads, which makes the screen even smaller.

Bet your code always works on your machine too ;)

For what it's worth this is literally how the Julia community deals with feedback.

Well it's not my website. Although the feedback does seem very "this toaster doesn't work when I try to cook soup in it! 1/5"

Not everything needs to cater to mobile.

It seems more like you're saying "It's ok that your toaster doesn't cook pop-tarts, you shouldn't be having those anyway--the sugar's bad for you." Your way of doing things might not be everybody's.

Nothing has to cater to anything but I'm still allowed to be annoyed that I can't read it on mobile.

Ah, it's a post mentioning Julia, and there you are.

What can I say I am a reliable person trying to make sure less people get sucked into Julia without learning of it's downsides. To be fair, the same could be said to you ;).

What's that got to do with mobile phones?

You totally can block ads.

I sometimes read the docs for something while on the train, and in those cases, it’s through the mobile phone.

It happens what when I cannot stop thinking of a problem and really want to find a solution.

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