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It's neither and all. As pg said, it's any esoteric language which is not strictly learned as part of standard commercial software development.
by Locke1689 16y ago
It'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.