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by rileymat2 2005 days ago
I am surely an outlier being a developer, but I like to know the project language without clicking as an overview of what people are doing.

I'd suggest that in many forums it is irrelevant to most and should be left off, but I suspect HN is not a representative sample of the general public and many may share my sentiment.
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Jumziey 2005 days ago
Yeah, but why? Is it a feeling? Is it because it's not relevant if you can't immediately read the code since it's not a language you usually read/write in? Once again just curious :)
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rileymat2 2005 days ago
With HN, from the comments I get an idea of whether or not the language as a tool fits the solution in a unique way, or if it is a novelty.

So even if I cannot read the code, I can mentally get an idea that tool X is a good fit for problem Y should it ever come up for me.

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