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by bjz_ 4480 days ago
> it just might not have syntax highlighting and its own color in the repo stats bar.

It is discriminating, and harmful to all programmers. We need to be able to easily search for these lesser known languages – they are important cultural works. The commenter points out: "Limbo ... seems to have heavily inspired Go (which is currently extremely fashionable)". We are worse off for not having our history readily accessible.