Yet another software religious war, which seems to boil down to "if you don't think my technology is correct 100% of the time, you are insulting my honor".
Do other fields get into constant pissing matches like this? Languages, libraries, process, licenses, editors, Operating systems, you name it, software engineers are fighting about how much better theirs is and how you are an idiot for not seeing the true light their vast intelligence is trying to bequeath unto you.
What is it about our brains that makes the subtlety of "use the right tool; every problem isn't a nail" so difficult? Or is it just hard wired into our need to be identified with a community?
It's probably directly proportional to one's OCD level or amount of pain accumulated through the years. There's also the need to show and feel that you're superior, and sometimes the need to point out that somebody's superiority is irrelevant.
Do other fields get into constant pissing matches like this? Languages, libraries, process, licenses, editors, Operating systems, you name it, software engineers are fighting about how much better theirs is and how you are an idiot for not seeing the true light their vast intelligence is trying to bequeath unto you.
What is it about our brains that makes the subtlety of "use the right tool; every problem isn't a nail" so difficult? Or is it just hard wired into our need to be identified with a community?