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Comment by bahmboo

5 days ago

It is all not important and I'm moving on as I'm sure you are as well. I assume good faith so I'm thinking we talked past each other a bit plus I was grouchy at one point (I apologize).

Here's the nut from the relevant comment: "There's no way to say this without sounding mean: Everything Chris Lattner has done has been a "successful mess". He's obviously smart, but a horrible engineer. No one should allow him to design anything."

I can't support a take like this (the commenter's, not yours) it is not helpful or informative. That original comment was edited too, or added onto. On the face of it, the sentiment that Swift and Mojo and LLVM are these awful abominations is beyond the pale for me from an engineering standpoint. I think there are some FOSS feelings in play that stir up strongly held ideologies.