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Community drama is a terrible way to evaluate a language.

• Gibbon1 3y ago
  Software already has a big problem with toxic childish behaviors. I asked my mom who used to audit businesses what was important about founders and CEO's and she said they more than anyone else set the companies culture. I feels to me like that seems to be true of the culture surrounding various programming langs.
• marginalia_nu 3y ago
  A decent metric for community maturity though. That absolutely should be a factor in deciding on a language. I'm having a real hard time seeing this unfold among the greybeards that call the shots in Java or C++.
  • bennettnate5 3y ago
    Granted, the reason for that could be that through the years the greybeards that call the shots have weeded out (whether unintentionally or intentionally) any voices that are incompatible with their way of doing things. I agree that it does indicate the maturity of the community, but that could be because the community's values become more homogenous.
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• ipaddr 3y ago
  If you are going to spend your life in the ecosystem it can matter a lot