alt Hacker NewsI also don't like that phrasing. It's like complaining of guard-rails while running around erratically.
The guard rails aren't abusing you, they're helping you. They aren't "angry", they're just constraints.
I also don't like that phrasing. It's like complaining of guard-rails while running around erratically.
The guard rails aren't abusing you, they're helping you. They aren't "angry", they're just constraints.
Right, and I suspect that was the author's intent - to evoke a sympathetic frustration that newer programmers might feel, and then to point out how the frustration is ill-aimed.