alt Hacker News> It's a language invented in 2009 by some C-people who are apparently oblivious to everything that excited PL design folks for the last 20 years (as of 2009).
Is there a term equivalent to "armchair quarterback" in programming? Most programmers are already in armchairs.
It's the equivalent of yelling at the TV that the ultra-successful mega-athlete sucks. I can't imagine the thought process that goes into thinking Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and Robert Griesemers are complete idiots that have no clue of what they were doing.
No one said they are complete idiots.
They made a deliberate decision to design a language that did not take many developments in PL design since the 70's into account.
They had their reasons, which make sense in the context of their employer and their backgrounds.
Many people, myself included, prefer to program with languages that do not focus so much on simplicity