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I think I have seen this argument before, that X is somehow obscure, in the sense that all those lame workaday cororate drones don't use it, so it must follow t
by Hominem 15y ago
I think I have seen this argument before, that X is somehow obscure, in the sense that all those lame workaday cororate drones don't use it, so it must follow that all the most awesome people gravitate towards it. I'm not sure I buy it. Sometimes stuff is obscure because it sucks. It would also follow that using the most obscure language possible would make you the most awesome. Sort of like inventing a sport in order to ensure you are the best in the world.I'm also ignoring the fact that there seem to be a million rails based sites out there, they were not all done by an elite cadre of the best of the best of the best were they?
- lmm 15y agoEven obscure languages that suck may well have a more talented "average programmer" than those which don't. The best programmers are those who learn new languages because they want to, so a language that isn't useful for passing a degree or getting a job will always have a higher average talent level than java et al. Even your reducto ad absurdum doesn't really work - a programmer who invented a language themselves is probably better than the average java/.net programmer, even if that language itself is terrible.