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		benaiah on Sept 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joe Armstrong on Programmer Productivity If you want to compare languages A and B, have them write it in language C first for the domain knowledge, then the two languages. That seems like a better option than giving one a bias on purpose.

gruseom on Sept 20, 2013 [–]

But that doesn't account for the pet language effect.

Also, whichever of A or B goes third would still have an advantage over the one that went second.

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