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Code author: Clojure and ClojureScript. Word author: Joy of Clojure / Functional JS. Ex-punk howler. Abstract strategist. Loves the smell of old books. Infonaut

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    Fogus ‏@fogus 18 Nov 2015

    TODO: Write about your favorite programming language honestly, but make it sound terrible.

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      1. Glenn Vanderburg ‏@glv 18 Nov 2015

        @fogus @marick That's similar to one of my favorite interview questions. "That's your favorite, huh? What sucks about it?"

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      3. Fogus ‏@fogus 18 Nov 2015

        @glv @marick Me too! http://blog.fogus.me/2011/04/26/my-favorite-interview-question/ …

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    1. Stu Maschwitz ‏@5tu 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus Only runs on Commodore 64.

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    2. Marcel Weiher ‏@mpweiher 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus Objective-C is a car crash of Smalltalk and C, combining the type-safety of the former with the memory-safety of the latter. @marick

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      1. Ambrose BS ‏@ambrosebs 18 Nov 2015

        @fogus I've got a brutal "Why Typed Clojure is terrible" post up my sleeve somewhere. Can't believe no-one's beaten me to it.

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      2. Ryan M Braganza ‏@ryanmbraganza 18 Nov 2015

        @ambrosebs @fogus This is the closest I've seen to a scathing Typed Clojure (specifically core.typed) reviewhttp://blog.circleci.com/why-were-no-longer-using-core-typed/ …

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      3. Ambrose BS ‏@ambrosebs 18 Nov 2015

        @ryanmbraganza @fogus the difference is that critique is *constructive* and from nice people :)

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    3. Damien Sorresso ‏@EBADTWEET 18 Nov 2015 Lower Haight, San Francisco

      @fogus A language that language nerds can't fathom the success of because its design was influenced by systems programmers. /cc @Catfish_Man

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      1. Benjamin Stiglitz ‏@benstiglitz 18 Nov 2015

        .@fogus No variables, no basic blocks, no syntax, no compiler, doesn’t understand strings.

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      3. Joshua Ballanco ‏@manhattanmetric 18 Nov 2015

        @benstiglitz @fogus Forth?

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      4. Benjamin Stiglitz ‏@benstiglitz 18 Nov 2015

        @manhattanmetric @fogus boom

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    4.  🐯 🐛 🐓 ‏@stephentyrone 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus I'd do FRACTRAN, but there's no way to make it sound bad.

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    5. Jonas Elfström ‏@jonelf 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus That would be all too easy. I love Ruby and it's horrible. ;)

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    6. Skott Klebe ‏@skottk 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus Println-debugging and most error messages are unreadable.

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    7. ウルヰ in ウォーターワークス ‏@_Uruwi 1 Dec 2015

      @fogus TI-83+ Basic – all variables global, no program parameters, lists limited to 999 elements, inconsistencies everywhere

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    8. Chris Tembreull ‏@c2t 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus whimsical to the point of iconoclasm, any joy it brings is erased by the derisive laughter of your peers as they switch to Python.

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    9. Ezekiel Pierson ‏@PiersonBro 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus That’s really easy if your favorite language is swift. :P

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    10. afroisalreadyin ‏@afroisalreadyin 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus the documentation is written by PL researchers, and advanced code in it looks like PERL

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    11. Colin P. Hill ‏@Malnormalulo 18 Nov 2015

      @fogus This is easy for us perverse souls who chime with JavaScript

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