“And so the median language, meaning whatever language the median programmer uses, moves as slow as an iceberg. […] Obviously, the median language has enormous momentum. I’m not proposing that you can fight this powerful force. What I’m proposing is exactly the opposite: that, like a practitioner of Aikido, you can use it against your opponents.”<\/p>\n
“[…] when our hypothetical Blub programmer looks in the other direction, up the power continuum, he doesn’t realize he’s looking up. What he sees are merely weird languages.”<\/p>\n
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