> strangely and disproportionately pushed on Hacker News
There is literally nothing strange or disproportionate. It's incredibly obvious that new languages, that were designed by people who found older languages lacking, are of interest to groups of people interested in new applications of technology and who want to use their new languages.
> then those from outside the project shouldn't really have any say on it. It's their project.
People outside the project are allowed to say whatever the hell they want, the project doesn't have to listen.
There is literally nothing strange or disproportionate. It's incredibly obvious that new languages, that were designed by people who found older languages lacking, are of interest to groups of people interested in new applications of technology and who want to use their new languages.
> then those from outside the project shouldn't really have any say on it. It's their project.
People outside the project are allowed to say whatever the hell they want, the project doesn't have to listen.