> building in esoteric languages can serve as a filtering mechanism in and of itself. Yes, definitely in growth periods you get the best developers migrating t

> building in esoteric languages can serve as a filtering mechanism in and of itself. Yes, definitely in growth periods you get the best developers migrating to it. I'd say Rust is like this now. The problem is a few years time they'll move on to the next big thing leaving you stuck. I'd think Clojure is in this spot right now.