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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by zenhack on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:44PM (#16415166)
I think the hiring woes problem for languages like this is a reasonable hypothesis, but I've never seen any actual evidence for it. I constantly hear from folks who are worried that they will have this problem, and frequently hear folks saying they tried it and it wasn't a problem (see sibling comments, for example). I'm not sure I've ever heard from someone who has actually had this problem.
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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by Joeri on Monday February 19, 2018 @03:00PM (#16415273)
Try hiring for obscure and legacy, like delphi. My employer has had this problem for years.
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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by fiddlerwoaroof on Monday February 19, 2018 @06:42PM (#16416693)
Part of me would really love to go back to Delphi: I learned it when I was like 10 and it spoiled me for every other GUI development process.
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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by zenhack on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:42PM (#16415976)
Yeah, legacy is probably an entirety different beast.
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