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Comment by ilcavero | Hacker News Reader

Why does a scala centric company publishes such a poor flame bait article against scala? I think this is just a joke and not to be taking seriously in any way

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well it does say "happy april fools day the end" :)

Yeah, but... it's not funny. It seems like some of it might be true.

that's my point is not funny at all and as serious criticism is pointless and destructive

You're not allowed to point out deficiencies in something you like and advocate? That's a fairly dense position..

The nice thing about Open Source is that it tends to be a little bit more immune to that corporate drum beat since there are less full time salesmen and marketeers. The void seems to fill with fanbois though.

I would have loved to see what these guys have to say about Scala critically, but that's not what they are doing, this is a half baked unfunny joke that does not inspire any debate, only flaming and bashing. Is good that you talk about fanboyism because that's what this article is about, clojure fanboyism to be precise

The article is funny BECAUSE it's true.

I love Scala and have been using it for a couple of years but I've been through nearly all the stages described in the article. Eventually I got so frustrated I gave up and learned Clojure !!

You just don't have much of a sense of humor.

That's how the best jokes are made :)

As the saying goes: it's funny 'cause it's true.

"Verbal and situational irony are often used for emphasis in the assertion of a truth."

Did you ever mock something or exaggerated a fact to make it funny, but in reality, you meant it like that? ;)

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