> In the real world, real coders <snip> I just want to point out context. This is HackerNews where a sizeable percentage of participants are either business ow

> In the real world, real coders <snip> I just want to point out context. This is HackerNews where a sizeable percentage of participants are either business owners, involved in a startup, or acting on side projects. As such, they have a lot of latitude in deciding what technologies they use. Yes, if you're a J.P. Morgan specialist, you don't get to decide what tech you use. Yes, if you're a freelancer working for clients, you have to use the database of their choice, with pre-existing settings. However, we aren't necessarily those people and we are certainly "real coders" in the "real world". P.S. J.P. Morgan has a group using GHC Haskell, and Gemstone Smaltalk in production so they aren't as 'uncool' as some may presume. ;)