For an opposite example, the creator of a niche programming language that is the only one I'm interested in (it's really great, and I haven't seen anything that comes close to fitting the same place) said something at-very-least stupid which was the final straw that caused a core developer (nearly co-creator? created the package manager+installer, wrote a book) to quit. And it already had a low bus-factor.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't say that without spilling the deets. What language?

[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Wouldn't have been difficult to sleuth using my profile here, but Nim-lang. Specifically because it's basically an all-in-one, being easy and fast+capable+flexible. Maybe not enough to go by (and I didn't finish/release it), but some code that I actually wrote (+what it's loading)

For further context on the statement by the creator, it was complaining about the "grammar" of singular they. Aside from that being an obvious culture-war BS dogwhistle, the person who quit knew them closely so I don't think it was an overreaction or misunderstanding.

@Serdan

[–] Serdan@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, damn. Why do assholes gotta ruin everything?

I've seen Nim before. It looks interesting, and I like the promise of a no-nonsense, performant language. I'm comfortable over here in dotnet land though. 😄

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

dotnet, go, and rust seem like the most promising languages at the moment.

[–] beto@lemmy.studio 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Singular they has been used for something like 7 centuries.

[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's why I said it was at-least stupid. It isn't even an uncommon thing in modern usage. We can accept it without it being a political thing, and it matters even less in an online community.

[–] Serdan@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Which language?