▁was ▁on ▁many ▁subjects , ▁he ▁eager ly ▁and ▁often ▁har sh ly ▁argued ▁for ▁his ▁point ▁of ▁view . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁is ▁his ▁r ant ▁about ▁XML ▁being ▁mis des igned ▁and , ▁especially , ▁mis used . ▁One ▁such ▁example ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁di atri be ▁against ▁Martin ▁Bry an ▁posted ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁Erik ▁Nag g um ▁h ated ▁Perl ▁with ▁a ▁passion , ▁and ▁considered ▁Perl ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁problem , ▁not ▁a ▁problem ▁sol ver . ▁He ▁dis lik ed ▁C ++, ▁though ▁not ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁he ▁h ated ▁Perl , ▁but ▁he ▁generally ▁thought ▁that ▁C ++ ▁was ▁too ▁difficult ▁to ▁understand ▁to ▁such ▁a ▁degree ▁that ▁only ▁about ▁ 5 ▁people ▁on ▁the ▁planet ▁truly ▁understood ▁it ▁and ▁hence ▁it ▁was ▁of ▁little ▁value ▁for ▁human ity . ▁ ▁Erik ▁Nag g um ▁several ▁times ▁stated ▁that ▁stupid ity , ▁or ▁rather ▁the ▁lack ing ▁willing ness ▁of ▁individuals ▁to ▁ac quire ▁knowledge ▁about ▁a ▁subject , ▁argument ▁or ▁read ▁other ▁people ' s ▁arguments ▁with ▁an ▁open ▁mind , ▁was ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁a ▁criminal ▁off ense . ▁He ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁po lem ic ▁ag gression ▁towards ▁what ▁he ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁ignor ant ▁individuals . ▁Much ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁wrote ▁was ▁so ▁full ▁of ▁s arc asm ▁and ▁ir ony ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁difficult ▁to ▁understand ▁what ▁he ▁truly ▁believed ▁in ▁and ▁what ▁were ▁general ▁ex agger ations ▁made ▁just ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁point