On: Is Uncle Bob serious?

[tptacek]

Why is he influential? Because he wrote some books? That's the reason given downthread. Past a fairly low karma threshold, so could any commenter on HN.

[mannykannot → tptacek]

>Why is he influential? Because he wrote some books?

Yes - which is something that distinguishes him from most HN commenters.

You started this thread with a question, you got valid answers, and you reply with bogus arguments like this. No wonder you don't understand.

[tpush → tptacek]

Because the books he wrote got bought by a lot of people, so there are many people who know the author.