How very patronizing. There&#x27;s a tendency we all have to assume that someone would agree with us, if they weren&#x27;t so ignorant&#x2F;stupid&#x2F;naive. None of us want to feel that we&#x27;d agree with them if only <i>we</i> understood.<p>Seems this is the programming equivalent. Programmer X turns their nose up at my pet language Y. It can&#x27;t be because of me, it has to be their naivitee&#x2F;ignorance&#x2F;lack of experience&#x2F;bias, etc, etc.<p>That the article was a big &quot;you&#x27;re ignorant&quot; to Andrei Alexandrescu, of all people, was telling.