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OTOH, there's the hypothesis that people who're in it primarily to advance their programming language or other tool are bound to never advance the state of the art, or create something original really. I think this phenomenon is cast well in terms of Keirsey temperaments [1] used to this date by partnership agencies. In particular, the different characterization of The Engineer vs The Operator (or The Architect and the Artisan) comes to mind.

There are obviously other psychological and sociological phenomenae associated with adolescence, such as peer group pressure [2] and self-righteousness [3], at play as well.

It's nothing new; the "100% Pure Rust" rhetoric is strikingly similar to 90s/00s Java developer attitudes.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirsey_Temperament_Sorter

[2]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_pressure

[3]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-righteousness



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