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> Lots and lots of tweaks and knobs and dials This is the case with all big-tent, "community-driven" PLs that have a high expressiveness, and attract contribut
by platz 9y ago
> Lots and lots of tweaks and knobs and dials
This is the case with all big-tent, "community-driven" PLs that have a high expressiveness, and attract contributors that have a multitude of preferences: Ruby, Javascript, Scala, Clojure, Haskell, Racket
Alternatively, are the 'prescriptive' cultures, that tend to select for predictability and high cohesion: C#, Elm, Go, Python (circa-2007).
- jxub 9y agoIt would be interesting to study the MBTI psyche types in each of the major language communities.
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- sk5t 9y agoWould it be fair to say phrenological study of the same groups might be similarly interesting?
- platz 9y agoNo.
- hatchback176 9y agoI highly doubt you have a methodology for studying group psychology
- ajmurmann 9y agoIt's interesting to see Ruby in there. The language definitely tries to cater to everyone's taste and offers a ton of ways to do the same thing. The community though seems a little more opinionated though. Everyone is set on bundler for example. There are really only two big testing frameworks that compete and the have very different goals etc.