Why do you assume he meant it in a deprecatory (is that a word?) way? By analogy...

nzp on Feb 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did English ever have a formal version of “you”?

Why do you assume he meant it in a deprecatory (is that a word?) way? By analogy, when one says Lisp has no syntax it's not meant in a derogatory sense, on the contrary.