Timeline for Is [lolcode] reviewable?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2014 at 20:55 | comment | added | nhgrif | Per my opinion, lolcode questions have no merit, that's the whole point. What IS the point of reviewing code written in this language? Now we have a better written code snippet in a language that still won't ever be used for any serious project. Meanwhile, highly upvoted joke questions push extraordinarily good questions written about serious programming languages that someone could actually learn something from downward. | |
| Sep 1, 2014 at 20:04 | comment | added | RubberDuck | I saw the conversation in chat. While I disagree with your feelings that LOLCODE isn't a "real" language, I can and do respect your decision to downvote such questions. Even if I disagree with that decision. I just feel like the question shouldn't be judged based off of the language alone, but by the merit of the question itself. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 21:39 | comment | added | nhgrif | Did you miss the conversation in chat? I fail to see the point of reviewing a language that doesn't have a purpose... and if there's not a point to reviewing it, then it's probably not on-topic. However, this answer doesn't take a very strong stance one way or the other in terms of the topicness. Rather, it urges that the questions be downvoted. I consider any lolcode question a bad question, regardless of whether or not it is on-topic. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 21:37 | comment | added | RubberDuck | Again, that's an argument against the language, not the on/off-topicness of LOLCODE. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 17:54 | comment | added | nhgrif | There's not no reason to ever use Java. VB--I'm not so sure I'd start a new project in VB, but there certainly is existing legacy software which at a minimum requires an understanding of VB to maintain There's no reason to use LOLCODE and there's no legacy LOLCODE software that needs maintaining. | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 22:24 | comment | added | RubberDuck | The convention is actually lowercase variable names to differentiate from the UPPERCASE keywords and the spelling is a question of being idiomatic, but that's beside the point. This answer is not an argument for LOLCODE being off topic, it's an argument against the language itself. That disappoints me. You might as well argue that there's no reason to ever use Java or VB. | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 19:24 | comment | added | nhgrif |
It's not the case that bothers me. It's the spelling. CHEESE wouldn't bother me in LOLCODE. If the convention is all caps, then use all caps. What bothers me is the spelling. There's not a single style convention for any language I know that dictates spelling whatsoever--especially not in a "DO IT LIKE YOU'RE A TROLL FROM THE 1990s!" style.
|
|
| Aug 30, 2014 at 19:23 | comment | added | Mathieu Guindon |
When reviewing C#, reviewers know to recommend PascalCase and camelCase and meaningful names. When reviewing VBA, reviewers know to recommend PascalCase and meaningful names. When reviewing LOLCODE, reviewers should bring their sense of humor and creativity, and know to recommend ALLCAPS with meaningful yet idiomatic names. Would there be anything wrong with char * cheese = "CHEEZ"; in C?
|
|
| Aug 30, 2014 at 19:15 | history | answered | nhgrif | CC BY-SA 3.0 |