they said follow this link if you have ideas about type syntax for coffeescript (https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/5307#issuecomment-2450591744), but it turns out most people who commented do not have any ideas about that and had more of...
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they said follow this link if you have ideas about type syntax for coffeescript (https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/5307#issuecomment-2450591744), but it turns out most people who commented do not have any ideas about that and had more of a comment than a question. this inexorably set in motion a series of events, starting with the first time i have ever invoked the xz backdoor as an analogy, and culminating in:
What does a type taste like? When you pick up a function, how much does it weigh?
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Dakki Readsreplied to d@nny "disc@" mc² last edited by
@hipsterelectron depending on context this quote is either profound or profoundly stupid
I can relate
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d@nny "disc@" mc²replied to Dakki Reads last edited by
@DakkiReads i was trying very hard to analogize "the spirit of coffeescript" with "maintaining backwards compatible syntax" and trying to use both of those as an epistemic basis for "coffeescript is a leader not a follower". i don't know too many frontend devs but i was very much trying to appeal to any of their artistic spirit in the audience of potential coffeescript contributors (the compiler is extremely small and thoughtfully architected)
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d@nny "disc@" mc²replied to d@nny "disc@" mc² last edited by
@DakkiReads the repeated FOMO propaganda that "coffeescript is losing out without types bro" is absurd when the maintainer specifically said (1) we don't have enough contributors to do a major release (2) so it needs to be backwards compatible and that's TOO FUCKING HARD FOR THE GENIUSES IN THE THREAD
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d@nny "disc@" mc²replied to d@nny "disc@" mc² last edited by
@DakkiReads one of the fucking losers who won't iterate upon their pet proposal to make it backwards-compatible is an incredibly pretentious MIT prof whose profile i landed upon the other day when trying to find a single prof there i would want for my advisor
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d@nny "disc@" mc²replied to d@nny "disc@" mc² last edited by
@DakkiReads literally what are you doing caping for forks of my fucking language bro he links to a github repo that describes itself as "coffeescript rewritten under proper compiler design principles" what you mean utterly fucking inscrutable like usual?
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d@nny "disc@" mc²replied to d@nny "disc@" mc² last edited by
@DakkiReads and one important point to note here is that typescript is literally a microsoft project. so when lots of Very Special Boys make a point to say "your language is archaic if it doesn't support typescript, here's my half-assed sketch" and they all mysteriously shut up when the maintainer says "here are two ways we could do this", i never know how much of it is a literal influence campaign from a monopolistic competitor vs just incredible obtuseness
