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Re:Language War - Scala versus Python by userulluipeste on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @10:34AM (#5250953)
This kind of comparison reminds me about something similar about Git vs Mercurial: http://importantshock.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/git-vs-mercur...

It looks more like an emotional kind of story than one about practical decisions.

Re:Language War - Scala versus Python by cover_drive on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @10:52AM (#5251083)
Indeed! At the early stages of a startup, most decisions (including technical ones) have a strong emotional/instinctive flavor. When I worked at large corporations, the decisions were almost always devoid of emotions.