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I rather read his article as "if you choose tools/programming languages that are the industry standard, you get industry-standard employees and industry-standard (=average) code; if you choose tools/languages that are the exception, you might get exceptional code."

Basically, one type of employer is playing it safe and the other is taking a gamble.

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Re^6: regarding intolerance to perl which I observe
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 08, 2013 at 02:19 UTC

    His language was clearly pushing for the opposite: not a gamble or an experiment but evidence suggesting the competition might have their hackt together. No one is afraid of experiments in the private sector (unless they are backed by a good lobbyist and the funds to make everyone a loser). They are costly and terrible, terrible odds.

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