Language Coolness

Language desirability has a huge impact on developers.

Is it easier to hire with these languages?

Yes.

I met a guy at Silicon Milkroundabout (a jobs fair for London startups) who was hiring developers for a Haskell-only startup.

Generating interest from developers was not a problem for him, he assured me!

Can coolness be quantified?

'Most loved' and 'most dreaded' are rankings for languages on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.

See also Measuring​Language​Usage.

Source

https://twitter.com/_wilfredh/status/1145114816081797120