There was quite a nice discussion of this in 2002. Here were FoxtrotUniform's suggested levels:

I also chromatic's suggestion. Enjoy!

I also chromatic's suggestion.

Good find++. The last two Circles of chromatic's Hell, are:

9. Probably should be using Python, Java, or C++.
10. Probably should be using VB.

It makes me wonder what traits a poster would need to exhibit to earn entry into either level.

the lowliest monk

Yeah, those two levels seemed strange to me. What could someone do or say that they "should be using" these other languages?

Certainly a dante-ing task. Probably would have to have "Python User" and "COBOL Crafter" as stops, with either "PHB" or "Marketing" as the ending destination. :)

I had a similar idea on advogato.org a while back. My diary entry at the time

Those sliding down towards the Pit might perhaps begin their career from -1 as a ghost, descending through evil monk at -200, on their way to...my imagination shuts down at this point....

Antivroom made two relatively harmless posts and yet so much negative XP? Hmmph! One would expect evidence of at least a few human sacrifices, party political speeches, Microsoft marketing activity or perhaps time spent in a corporate law department to qualify for that.

One world, one people

vroom and antivroom are two sides of the same coin and their xp are both artificial.


holli, /regexed monk/