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At the company I worked at previously, the case was often made that java should be used because it's easy to find java programmers. That sounds plausible, but i
by msluyter 14y ago
At the company I worked at previously, the case was often made that java should be used because it's easy to find java programmers. That sounds plausible, but in practice we found it very difficult to find good java programmers. Perhaps to some extent it's even harder than with other languages, because a lot of really talented people are drawn to new shiny ecosystems -- not saying java folks aren't talented, but as a java programmer myself, I see many of the most driven/passionate people wanting to get away from java.
- shawndumas 14y agohttp://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html
- dopamean 14y ago> if a company chooses to write its software in a comparatively esoteric language, they'll be able to hire better programmers, because they'll attract only those who cared enough to learn it. I cant help but think of Jane Street Capital's use of OCaml when reading that line. From what I understand there are some extremely bright people writing fantastic code over there.