On: Why Erlang looks like it does

[felixgallo]

(Mr. Virding is one of the co-inventors of Erlang.)

Why are you so mad? It doesn't really matter if 'other developers' don't understand Erlang. Erlang doesn't have to be the one true perfect language for everything, just a pretty nice sweet spot for a bunch of use cases.

[cbd1984 → felixgallo]

> (Mr. Virding is one of the co-inventors of Erlang.)

And we know that this username is being used by the real person because... ?

[felixgallo → cbd1984]

because it's his account. Look at his posting history, if you like. Or ask him on twitter, where, like here, he's @rvirding.

[rvirding → cbd1984]

Because it is! :-) For better or worse I am the Robert Virding. Actually there is only one Robert V in the world at the moment, me, there aren't many Virdings. :-)

[rdtsc → cbd1984]

Because it is ... ?

How do we know pg's account is used by a real person, or dang's, maybe they are all aliens, or robots, who knows...

[cbd1984 → rdtsc]

> How do we know pg's account is used by a real person

Long history here.

> or dang's

Long history, plus a history of apparently being able to do things normal users can't do.

Plus, of course, dang doesn't claim to be anyone famous, merely a mod of this discussion forum. You can't impersonate someone who's only famous for being able to do maintenance-type things around here: If you can do those things, you're a mod, and if you can't, nobody cares.