Who said anything about Paul Irish?

The knee jerk reaction I was referring to was the "the whole room" of js guys that "laughed".

I think you missed the point of the comment.

Maybe. It sounds like the made fun of PI and/or Dart.

But I cannot understand either the point or why. If you could chip in with some context, I'd be grateful.

Haberman's post mentioned he was unaware of a poll of all web developers on Dart. I mentioned a recent example of such a thing with a large sample size. That's all.