Is he though? Questions on the most performant way to iterate over something rarely result in flame wars.
I believe you are thinking of people arguing over JS frameworks or whether JS sucks or not. Both are identity related.
When it comes down to arguing the specific mechanics of comparing how framework X uses MVC vs how framework Y uses it, you don't see so much conflict because it is expertise, not identity driven.
Yes, he is. In fact he's SO off that he goes on to directly contradict himself later in the article:
> For example, the question of the relative merits of programming languages often degenerates into a religious war, because so many programmers identify as X programmers or Y programmers.
I believe you are thinking of people arguing over JS frameworks or whether JS sucks or not. Both are identity related.
When it comes down to arguing the specific mechanics of comparing how framework X uses MVC vs how framework Y uses it, you don't see so much conflict because it is expertise, not identity driven.