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jasonlotito on Nov 11, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: The 3 Programming Languages you need to Know

To answer the unasked question: You're being downvoted because the list isn't the majority, but his personal experience. You should also review the article again, since his comment is on topic with what it discusses, and your's isn't.

steveklabnik on Nov 11, 2010 [–]

As a downvoter, for me it was 'people use $LANGUAGE at work?'

These kinds of wars are not helpful.

silentbicycle on Nov 12, 2010 | [–]

And if you're going to ask those questions, you can at least ask it like this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1896245

"Curious and inviting further discussion" tends to beat "snide and dismissive" here, hands down.

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