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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:04:04 +0300, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 3/29/11 4:37 PM, so wrote:
> [snip]
>> I find his posts among the most informative.
>
> I don't meant to offend anyone here but I think it's worth making a  
> point for your benefit and others'. If you are interested in programming  
> language theory, probably there are better sources of information to  
> use. Though I don't consider myself anywhere near an expert, my masters  
> thesis was on programming language theory, which gives me some amount of  
> perspective. "Cargo culture" would be a gross exaggeration, but much of  
> the knowledge disseminated by bearophile is superficially absorbed  
> literature that is served back semi-digested along with a hodge-podge of  
> personal opinions of various degrees of correctness.
>
> The only reason I felt compelled to make this point is the (now obvious)  
> risk in taking such posts as a good source of information. It is is  
> dangerous to take non-critically the occasional enormity that sneaks in.  
> That's why I suggested in the past and am suggesting it again - please  
> don't feign expertise as some may actually fall for it.
>
> I have no doubt great personal improvement has been made in the past  
> years, but the tone is still an octave above what it could be at its  
> best.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

Probably i misused the word informative, what i meant was he occasionally  
brings up topics that i wasn't aware of and quite possibly i wouldn't even  
if i try to browse some PL related sites. They tend to be biased on  
certain languages and paradigms which leads to an hostility towards some  
ideas. I would be the last one on earth that would buy something because  
of a commercial, it is just a starting point.