tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post1838694176603205641..comments2023-11-03T06:15:55.087-05:00Comments on Meme Agora: The Suck/Rock DichotomyNeal Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839796402858974817noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-59675718612094214372009-09-01T12:48:10.275-05:002009-09-01T12:48:10.275-05:00Good one... How about tribal software behavior ju...Good one... How about tribal software behavior just "sucks rocks"? :)Bailey W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16587389562168313549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-89314120746255722742009-08-31T04:23:14.127-05:002009-08-31T04:23:14.127-05:00Great post.
Even if it doesn't match complet...Great post. <br /><br />Even if it doesn't match completely: You will even find engineering teams where "team members" are put either in the sucks or rocks bucket. This is not only about programming languages or technology.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982497492498082317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-80825595390005910402009-08-12T20:23:40.366-05:002009-08-12T20:23:40.366-05:00Well put, rather interesting indeed.
BTW...Window...Well put, rather interesting indeed.<br /><br />BTW...Windows sucks.Mike Briahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10526104657156115391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-86557797647790621252009-08-10T14:51:23.869-05:002009-08-10T14:51:23.869-05:00Great post. I agree completely.
Oh...and Ruby su...Great post. I agree completely. <br /><br />Oh...and Ruby sucks ;)Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999474853784275785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-75118647180334676152009-08-10T07:47:39.629-05:002009-08-10T07:47:39.629-05:00One of the main reasons I see for the suck/rock ph...One of the main reasons I see for the suck/rock phenomenon is that with computer languages, we are dealing with something that mirrors, more or less well, our own thought processes: someone who thinks like us created this, so it's easy for us to use it. <br /><br />For me, as an example, I find Groovy very comfortable and natural (now that it has stolen so much from Ruby and others), whereas I experience Ruby to be object-oriented Perl, and Perl just grates my nerves because my mind doesn't think that way, so I find Ruby irritating.<br /><br />Since, as we all know, the whole world should be exactly like me, therefore, Ruby, and everyone who likes it, sucks, while Groovy, and everyone who likes it, rocks.<br /><br />The problem, you see, is the emotional immaturity of the folks who gravitate to this profession. We tend not to have the maturity to be confident in our differences.Ontosophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912170180264031493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-77895965135907572942009-08-05T10:17:01.073-05:002009-08-05T10:17:01.073-05:00Thanks for the kind words about my Prototype/jQuer...Thanks for the kind words about my Prototype/jQuery post. But I'm not content for you to mention just one of my blog posts. :-) A few years back, I wrote explicitly about one aspect of the suck/rock dichotomy. You might enjoy <a href="http://www.vanderburg.org/Blog/Software/Development/koan.blog" rel="nofollow">this post</a> as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459229108820421654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-3165101611544861952009-08-05T09:52:27.758-05:002009-08-05T09:52:27.758-05:00Except for Websphere. It really does suck ;)
Als...Except for Websphere. It really does suck ;)<br /><br />Also amusingly, I saw advertising on this page for Mingle, with the words quoted under it "Mingle 2.0 rocks hard".Dan Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082847411771904826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9944221.post-79654679651120598852009-08-05T09:29:06.857-05:002009-08-05T09:29:06.857-05:00Great post Neal. As you well know, one solid exam...Great post Neal. As you well know, one solid example of this is Ant vs. Maven. I can actually articulate a use case for each one, but many of the Maven naysayers cannot. The worst part is that the sucks/rocks dichotomy mutes people's ability to discuss the technical facets of the tools in question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com