Since my post is linked here, I want to go on record as saying that I do not not like him.

>>>That is absolutely not the feeling I get. Some examples are message #885930, message #885938 and message #885996.
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>>As I read those, they are arguments for dealing with the current well-defined behavior, instead of calling it broken. They don't argue for not changing it.
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>>And they definitely don't support the idea of hacking the runtimes.
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>C'mon Garrett, the referenced threads all call the guy a lazy lousy programmer. Some say it outright and other take a long-winded diatribe to do the same.
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>He suggested, in possibly his best English, that it would be a good idea to have the feature. Later he made the fatal mistake of saying that he considered it a BUG. Then the piling on REALLY started.
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>There are people who clearly do not like the guy. Rather than ignore his posts OR bite their tongues and respond civilly they take swipes at the guy.