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If you want to refute you will have to do better than just show up; you could start by explaining why do we have so many shops using Java and .Net and now Rails

If you want to refute you will have to do better than just show up; you could start by explaining why do we have so many shops using Java and .Net and now Rails (which makes it possible for Ruby programmers to be fungible for managers) and so few using Scheme and Smalltalk etc. Ask your manager why you can't switch to a better language. The answer is it's harder to find talent for it. Bingo.

sedachv 12y ago
> Ask your manager why you can't switch to a better language. The answer is it's harder to find talent for it. That's a really good point. IDK if I would say that about Scheme though. There are a lot more people around that know Scheme than know Common Lisp. I learned to program Lisp starting with Scheme; going back to Scheme from Common Lisp feels really disempowering.