I don't believe even a little bit the success of the community has anything to do with this sentence on the website. The success of the community belongs to the relentless hard work of Louis et al.
The sentence is a source of continuous friction between the language, community, and public. It just seems so... unnecessary.
Half of this thread was consumed with people discussing politics and virtues instead of the v1.12 release - that is a pretty large problem for the language, objectively.
When people google Gleam, they'll find pages/discussions like this instead of people discussing the merits of certain syntax or libraries, new features and the like.
There's a reason most businesses/organizations don't engage in politics... even if the founders have very strong political views.
The sentence is a source of continuous friction between the language, community, and public. It just seems so... unnecessary.
Half of this thread was consumed with people discussing politics and virtues instead of the v1.12 release - that is a pretty large problem for the language, objectively.
When people google Gleam, they'll find pages/discussions like this instead of people discussing the merits of certain syntax or libraries, new features and the like.
There's a reason most businesses/organizations don't engage in politics... even if the founders have very strong political views.