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On mockingOn mockingPosted Jun 14, 2012 22:05 UTC (Thu) by bfields (subscriber, #19510)In reply to: On mocking by hummassa Parent article: On mocking
"OTOH, if someone can be easily shamed by flaws in their code, there is only two viable options: either the person deals with it or they cannot show their code to anyone"
I agree. "Your patch is fundamentally wrong, please don't submit it again" can be difficult to take if it's something you've put a lot of work into. But you do just have to learn to deal with that and move on.
On the other hand, I don't see the point of "Your patch is fundamentally wrong, and you're stupid".
Sometimes the latter is actually an attempt to be nice--to soften the blow by aiming for humor in overstatement. I think that often fails at both counts, neither softening the blow nor being particularly funny. (Though there are exceptions.)
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On mocking Posted Jun 18, 2012 12:52 UTC (Mon) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]
> "Your patch is fundamentally wrong, please don't submit it again" can be difficult to take if it's something you've put a lot of work into.
Agreed. Many people will feel personally insulted even without an explicit ad hominem attack since they identify themselves to their work.
> On the other hand, I don't see the point of "Your patch is fundamentally wrong, and you're stupid".
BTW this is disagreement level zero on Paul Graham's scale
http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
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