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Why do programmers tend to fall in love with non-mainstream languages?

19th October 2013

My answer to Why do programmers tend to fall in love with non-mainstream languages? on Quora

Just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s right for every person, every problem or every situation. If no one ever explored non-mainstream options, better solutions would never be discovered.

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