yeah, I think the code examples are contrived, but I don't think that's enough to just jump to "your cukes suck," guess I shouldn't be surprised to find a knee-jerk reaction like that on HN.
The damn example you posted at the end of an RSpec test that has a bunch of defined methods IS EXACTLY WHAT THE AUTHOR IS SAYING!
"Cucumber is just a way to wrap RSpec tests with a non-technical syntax. Any supposed benefits of it go to waste because code is only interesting to those who are working in it. Quit writing cukes unless you can honestly say that there is someone reading them who would not understand pure Ruby."
The damn example you posted at the end of an RSpec test that has a bunch of defined methods IS EXACTLY WHAT THE AUTHOR IS SAYING!
"Cucumber is just a way to wrap RSpec tests with a non-technical syntax. Any supposed benefits of it go to waste because code is only interesting to those who are working in it. Quit writing cukes unless you can honestly say that there is someone reading them who would not understand pure Ruby."
Who exactly are you arguing against?