Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

They're different branches of computing history. There are few that consider it the 'way forward' as far as the mainstream is concerned, but the fans tend to consider it an underexplored model for one reason or another.

See also oberon, smalltalk, eiffel for more language communities of that kind (the jury is still undecided where haskell ends up); os/2, plan9, l4 when it comes to operating systems/kernels; 6502, m68k, mill for Instruction Set Architectures; (and so on)

Every now and then, us non-mainstreamers tend to sound a bit preachy when we get an audience, I grant that :-)




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: