The reviewer seems to say that he has a higher level of programming mastery than the author of the book.
Thats where I could not listen to him anymore. I would entertain the idea that theoretically programming languages that have features like contracts or specifications could be more robust or effective in some ways or for some applications. And actually I am interested in seeing examples of feature rich applications written in languages with these types of features.
But I am not convinced of the practicality of these languages or the superiority of the reviewer. The proof is in the pudding. I would challenge the reviewer who has clearly placed their knowledge and skills above the creator of Tcl/Tk and RAMCloud to show the useful projects he has created that prove this superiority.
I like to be open minded but he does seem to have spent most of his time in academia, and not a lot of time spent on commercial software. So I wonder if its genius or hubris it can be hard to tell the difference.
Thats where I could not listen to him anymore. I would entertain the idea that theoretically programming languages that have features like contracts or specifications could be more robust or effective in some ways or for some applications. And actually I am interested in seeing examples of feature rich applications written in languages with these types of features.
But I am not convinced of the practicality of these languages or the superiority of the reviewer. The proof is in the pudding. I would challenge the reviewer who has clearly placed their knowledge and skills above the creator of Tcl/Tk and RAMCloud to show the useful projects he has created that prove this superiority.