"an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument."
The parent poster stated that clojures days were numbered because in his opinion statically typed languages were becoming increasingly popular and Clojure didn't follow this trend.
I specifically mentioned JavaScript and python because people have been extolling the virtues of static typing literally before either shipped, while both rose to prominence, and became wildly popular. I'm arguing that neither posters personal preference nor even a correctly assessed trend in computer language design is by itself a useful tool to predict the future success of a given language.
This especially rings false when the same prediction is made several decades in a row.
I wont even address your analogy because analogies are like buttholes. Everyone has one and yours stink.
"an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument."
The parent poster stated that clojures days were numbered because in his opinion statically typed languages were becoming increasingly popular and Clojure didn't follow this trend.
I specifically mentioned JavaScript and python because people have been extolling the virtues of static typing literally before either shipped, while both rose to prominence, and became wildly popular. I'm arguing that neither posters personal preference nor even a correctly assessed trend in computer language design is by itself a useful tool to predict the future success of a given language.
This especially rings false when the same prediction is made several decades in a row.
I wont even address your analogy because analogies are like buttholes. Everyone has one and yours stink.