21 May 2004 mjg59   » (Master)

Mono is potentially awkward because chunks of it are potentially under a bunch of patents that nobody will actually point at and which are owned by a company that wants us dead. Java is almost certainly awkward because chunks of it are potentially under a bunch of patents that are owned by a company that behaves in a massively schizophrenic manner towards us and would probably be reasonably happy if we fell off a cliff or something as long as our code didn't vanish. Oh, and we don't actually have a free compiler that implements all of the standard language functionality or some such madness and we can't actually call it Java unless we agree to let Sun molest our cat whenever they want to. And Python is, well, Python.

Now. Here is a question. I want you to think carefully about it. The answer is written on the line below the question. Do not read it until you've decided on your own answer. Cheating will lead to loss of marks and may result in pointing and laughing.

Question: Is the appropriate response to this situation to accuse each other of being worse than child molesting Nazi terrorists?

Answer: No. No, it isn't. GET A FUCKING GRIP, PEOPLE.

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