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Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by amichail on Saturday September 22, 2007 @10:31AM (#58332)
Why is it so important to learn new languages all the time? Wouldn't you rather just get your startup going as quickly as possible?

The implementation is not inherently interesting. It's just a means to an end.

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Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by gojomo on Saturday September 22, 2007 @02:21PM (#58364)
"The implementation is not inherently interesting. It's just a means to an end."

If no one on your team finds implementation details inherently interesting, your implementation is likely to suffer, perhaps to the point of being uncompetitive.

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