Tony Morris

@syntaxfree @robotlolita Java was always a bad idea. Each time a shit PL comes, we must pretend that this is false because it's "not nice."

@dibblego @robotlolita So would the world be worse off without Java? What's older that would be in its place?

@syntaxfree @robotlolita Reclaiming the air that it occupies is an improvement. But yes, programming language theory had well started.

@dibblego @robotlolita I thought the truism was "Java drags programmers halfway to Lisp". Is the argument that Apple should adopt Haskell?

@syntaxfree @robotlolita That mode of education is a false economy. Apple should keep duping gullible programmers, like it has always done.

@dibblego @robotlolita But shouldn't we evolve towards interoperability? Too many languages is only a problem if you have to choose one.

@syntaxfree @robotlolita We can evolve toward making the world a better place, by not negotiating away educational aspirations.

@dibblego @robotlolita Your heart (and probably your judgement) is in the right place, but is the world suffering from *too little* RMSism?