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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't think you want to hear my opinions on what the left wing thinks is obvious :-)

Also, I am neither left nor right wing, as I'm a libertarian. I believe in the principles in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the system of checks and balances set up by the Constitution.

it’s just really surprising to see the political takes of a 13 year old come out of the 65 year old who created the least successful C variant

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I am neither left nor right wing, as I’m a libertarian

Ah, yes, the classic "I'm not like the other girls" of politics.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t think you want to hear my opinions

You're right there, buddy!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A libertarian who glamorizes the state as set up by old people in the past. The libertarian to reactionary funnel.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is quite cowardly of him to write. He knows it speaks specifically to the question of newspapers giving endorsements. Him answering it truthfully would either undermine the statement that kicked off these comments or reveal that he doesn't give a fuck about the Constitution.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, which is why i called him a softboiled egg in German. Which means something like coward (at least that is what I always learned, google translate gives 'wimp'). Unless you directly translate it to Dutch then it turns into the Dutch f-slur for gay people. Because we suck.

This was a random insults in various languages derail.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Not really that surprising. Computer programmers are textbook petite bourgeoisie.

Edit I don't keep track of C and C-likes, but apparently D has been forked, and it seems that Walter Bright is a bit of a dick as a maintainer too

https://dpldocs.info/this-week-in-d/Blog.Posted_2024_01_01.html

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm glad to hear someone's invested enough to fork it. I like D (hehe) and it would be a shame for it to just languish in Bright daylight.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Walter Bright is a bit of a dick as a maintainer too

Not a huge schock. But this imho also shows a bit of a problem with these kinds of projects and their ownership. Shit will go bad when the owners grow old and refuse to give up ownership. Walter is 65, you dont expect people to keep up with the cutting edge and wider needs of programmers