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Original Post: Paul Graham on "The Python Paradox"
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In his latest essay, Paul Graham comments on what he refers to as the "Python Paradox":"... if a company chooses to write its software in a comparatively esoteric language, they'll be able to hire better programmers, because they'll attract only those who cared enough to learn it."The essay's not a Python love-fest, by the way; he also acknowledges a number of other underdogs, including