I was wondering how he could top bringing political labels into programming language discussion... and then he makes an analogy to prisoners urinating on command. I'm not sure what I think of the actual argument in that case, but I'm certainly impressed with his imagination.
That said, his doubling down on the political metaphors has introduced even more irrelevant US-centric bait into the discussion. I think there's some merit to the idea that there's an axis - but you can't say that it's not about US politics, then compare one side to the Moral Majority.
Aaaaah, Steve Yegge. Quickly becoming the Malcolm Gladwell of Computer Programming.
These kinds of notions used to be Outliers® in his essays, but this may be The Tipping Point®, whereafter he skips the half-baking and just swallows his notions raw. One of the costs of fame. sigh
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These kinds of notions used to be Outliers® in his essays, but this may be The Tipping Point®, whereafter he skips the half-baking and just swallows his notions raw. One of the costs of fame. sigh