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Re:The Costs of Programming Language Fragmentation by burntsushi on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:59AM (#18122845)
It sounds interesting, but I don't really agree with the idea that we can analogize software development with socio-political organization. There are certainly a lot of interesting similarities, but I would be super careful about drawing any conclusions from it.
Re:The Costs of Programming Language Fragmentation by platz on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:14PM (#18122982)
true, i would offer it more an 'interesting similarities' kind of comment than a call to action.