[Gambas-user] Why is Gambas so frowned upon in the Linux programming community

[Maximillian Von Kloisterheim]

jbskaggs wrote:
> I have been looking for people to help me alpha / beta test my program by
> going to the ubuntu forums and asking for volunteers.
> 
> One of the responses was this snippy response that People in the Ubuntu
> community do not use a vb clone and they would not like to either.  That I
> should use Python or C++.
> 
> SO I searched the web for other forums looking for people to help or
> volunteer and I saw the same comments over and over.
> 
> What is the deal with these people?  Not everybody wants to learn a hardcore
> language and just wants to create apps, why is that so frowned upon?
> 
> Is it because VB was used in windows?  or that Gambas is tearing down a wall
> of superiority of linux programmers.
> 
> 
> It reminds me of firebuilding in the boy scouts:
> 
> The hardcore guys would spend three or four hours building a fire with flint
> and steel, or wood and bow.  While the kids with common sense used a match. 
> Yeah if you can start a fire with flint you can build a fire anywhere, but
> 99% of the time a match is superior.
> 
> Is there a better reason than well you NEED to know how to program without
> crutches like gui generation, why I should learn harder languages if Gambas
> does everything I want?
> 
> JB

Its just elitism. Some people don't have enough self esteem and they 
will say and do almost anything to make themselves appear 'better' than 
others.

Max