Actually that's probably under-selling the problem. It's not just that Jon doesn't value the opinions of academics, he doesn't really value the opinions of anyone except Jonathan Blow.
Which is probably a healthy way to attack your first video game project, it's not as though Braid would be more likely to be a success if Blow stopped believing in it himself. But I would be surprised if that's true of a programming language.
> most academic CS works haven't really helped developers in building better programs and tools
It's doubtless possible to measure "most works" and "really helped" in ways which allow you to either draw this conclusion, or not, as you prefer but I don't think that's a useful way to think about it at all.
Actually that's probably under-selling the problem. It's not just that Jon doesn't value the opinions of academics, he doesn't really value the opinions of anyone except Jonathan Blow.
Which is probably a healthy way to attack your first video game project, it's not as though Braid would be more likely to be a success if Blow stopped believing in it himself. But I would be surprised if that's true of a programming language.
> most academic CS works haven't really helped developers in building better programs and tools
It's doubtless possible to measure "most works" and "really helped" in ways which allow you to either draw this conclusion, or not, as you prefer but I don't think that's a useful way to think about it at all.