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unit91 on April 19, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: What programming languages are used late at night?

Warning: anecdotes and small sample sizes ahead.

True, but most people I've bumped into who write C# do it professionally, and have built up a body of knowledge. By contrast, most people I know (including me) who have messed around with Haskell, have...messed around with Haskell.

I could be way off here, but I'd guess that there is a smaller percentage of mature Haskell programmers within the Haskell community than mature C# programmers in the C# community.

startupdiscuss on April 19, 2017 [–]

I accept your view on haskell and C# distinction. I have the same view.

But that doesn't mean C# users would look things up on SO more from 9-5 than they would after 5.

We are talking about the same people.

(The study, I assume, shows that people use C# for work and Haskell for a hobby.)

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