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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by bkeroack on Monday March 23, 2015 @10:39AM (#9251151)
C# is Microsoft's Java. How many Python, Go, Ruby or Haskell projects have you audited at "big companies"?
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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by eternalban on Monday March 23, 2015 @11:12AM (#9251329)
Ruby and Python are everywhere in the enterprise. Haskell is currently "useless" [1] for the enterprise for the obvious human resource reasons.

[1]: https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by codygman on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:46PM (#9253816)
> the obvious human resource reasons

Can you elaborate on these?

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by eternalban on Monday March 23, 2015 @08:30PM (#9254211)
Why bother? Count the down votes in this thread and then note the number of thoughtful rebuttals. (But for the record, imo Haskell is a glorious language.)
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