• BatmanAoD@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      I’ve met people with C++ Stockholm Syndrome, and I think their trajectory is different. There’s no asymptotic approach toward zero; their appreciation just grows or stays steady, even decades into their career.

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      6 months ago

      Stockholm Syndrome + Sunk Cost Fallacy + some of the better languages have lackluster corporate backing and/or third party libraries