Re: The most WTF-y programming languages

[Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@...>]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Paul Merrell <marbux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Dubious methodology, but Lua came in at No. 2 in "the top 20 GitHub
> programming languages ranked by the amount of confusion they seem to
> cause developers" as indicated by occurrences of "WTF?" in code
> comments.
>
> On the other hand, it didn't make the top 10 most hated programming
> languages. Read together and assuming validity of both methods, one
> might infer that Lua developers enjoy their confusion more than
> developers using at least 10 other programming languages.
>
> <http://www.itworld.com/big-data/374664/most-wtf-y-programming-languages>.
>
> [ducks and runs]
>
> Paul
>

This is precisely why these kind of half-a$$ed comparisons are
considered harmful.
WTF is also a World-of-Warcraft Text File -- a file extension used a
lot in WoW games. And Lua is everywhere in WoW.

--Leo--