> In the spirit of the author's desire to "get weird", I’m struck by how often people’s choice of programming languages (and tools, more generally) is from a de

> In the spirit of the author's desire to "get weird", I’m struck by how often people’s choice of programming languages (and tools, more generally) is from a defensive stance. "I want to get weird" is great for a hobby, but if it was said as a justification for Perl rather than LISP, I doubt it's a sentiment that would get the time of day.