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Abishek_Muthian on April 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

Gone are the days when developers defined their job as 'X-programmer'(X being the language) or at-least in India as platform e.g Java platform.

Companies have realised that programming languages are like 'drill bit in a tool box', one needs to use the best bit for the job.

purity_resigns on April 9, 2019 [–]

The only folks I ever here say "the right tool for the job" are Java devs. /s

In all seriousness, people using non-mainstream languages are very attached to them. At least in my sample size of one.

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