I don't get all the anger. Most popular writers are opinionated, and talk to their "crowd". If Uncle Bob (or Joel, or Jeff, or DHH) had to preface all discussion with "does not apply to people who do scientific programming, make games, or Albanians" we'd probably end up missing most of their points. It seems you understand the writer's context, so be happy that the answers for your neck of the coding woods are different.
Similarly, many posts around here are targeted at people in (at least) the US, often California, and usually SF or the Valley. I don't post "Noooo! It doesn't apply to me because I live in South Africa!" every time, because I understand what the context is. Something doesn't have to be universally true for it to be true in its context, and often useful for us outside of it.
In any case, thanks for the alternate opinion - it's good to be reminded that there are universes outside of ours.
That's true. But once Bob Martin posits that "Clojure could be the last programming language," he's crossing pretty much all programming domains. The original post is right in taking him to task for that statement.
I don't agree. The post comes across as insanely angry. You listened to a podcast and are reduced to ranting? Bad sign... might be time to go play with the dog or something.
The weird thing about this is that it probably wouldn't happen if he were listening to Uncle Bob (or whomever) in person. He'd raise a point, and probably get some reasonable qualification, and move on. But when the talk has already happened, and all you can do is read/listen and stew, people have an amazing ability to parse and reparse the phrasing, treating it like someone's last word and final position forever.
Maybe that makes sense for PG's essays; he seems pretty careful with words. But I don't think most people are that careful.
Similarly, many posts around here are targeted at people in (at least) the US, often California, and usually SF or the Valley. I don't post "Noooo! It doesn't apply to me because I live in South Africa!" every time, because I understand what the context is. Something doesn't have to be universally true for it to be true in its context, and often useful for us outside of it.
In any case, thanks for the alternate opinion - it's good to be reminded that there are universes outside of ours.