> I'm not sure I understand where the pandering was, and for me the post certainly wasn't pointless
Yes it's not pointless the first time you see it. Where it becomes pointless is on Slashdot any time there is ever an article about a new program language and 2 or 3 people fill it out for the comments.
Amen to that. I don't know why I have to be downvoted just for pointing out that these things are not necessarily annoying per se, just when they become relentless memes by which a community validates itself.
Yes it's not pointless the first time you see it. Where it becomes pointless is on Slashdot any time there is ever an article about a new program language and 2 or 3 people fill it out for the comments.