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by outworlder 1354 days ago
> If you've chosen a stack that's too esoteric then this will be a huge blocker to making any real progress.

Clojure is... esoteric now? I would understand if we were talking about, I don't know, INTERCAL. But Clojure? Is Scala 'esoteric' too?

> Python is a great language but there are no devs available where I live.

Ah, I see. Yeah, by that measure Clojure will be esoteric indeed. Python developers being rare is very surprising.

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Maybe exotic is a better word? It is certainly not seen as often as Java is, but it is no Malbolge.
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