I'm just learning functional programming with Haskell, and it was great to hear him explain that learning Haskell is really hard because of the terminology. I feel a little (just a little) less stupid.
That said, he's a terrible presenter. His smarmy style was really off-putting, and his motives a little sketchy. He spends a good portion of the talk slamming just about every language in existence except for the two he works on (Dart and Newspeak). It seemed very disingenuous and I don't need another ranting nerd spouting venom about why something's not very good in that holier-than-thou tone. I would have rather had a straightforward talk showing the strengths and weaknesses than the bitter tone this had.
That said, he's a terrible presenter. His smarmy style was really off-putting, and his motives a little sketchy. He spends a good portion of the talk slamming just about every language in existence except for the two he works on (Dart and Newspeak). It seemed very disingenuous and I don't need another ranting nerd spouting venom about why something's not very good in that holier-than-thou tone. I would have rather had a straightforward talk showing the strengths and weaknesses than the bitter tone this had.