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I'd comment that it's actually Erlang.
by marcc 16y ago
I'd comment that it's actually Erlang.
- Locke1689 16y agoIt's neither and all. As pg said, it's any esoteric language which is not strictly learned as part of standard commercial software development.
- CamperBob 16y agoHas anyone coined the term 'language hipster' yet? Because now seems like a good time.
- praptak 16y agoI don't think that many people learning those interesting-but-not-immediately-practical languages do it to appear cool (what I think is the defining characteristic of hipsters.) Programming characteristics are quite different from fashion/lifestyle. It takes much more effort to learn a language than to choose an obscure band to listen to. And the payoff in perceived coolness is also much smaller - see for example http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2010/12/haskell-researchers-announce-discovery.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2010/12/haskell-researchers-...
- bigfudge 16y agoI agree. I play with new languages (I won't claim learning just yet) out of curiosity and as a very productive form of procrastination.
- aridiculous 16y agoLispter would be fitting, albeit a little difficult to say.
- jimbokun 16y agoThe .com is available.