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I'm hesitant to write "written in $LANG" on my project READMEs. I'd rather get users excited about the features than the implementation. Maybe it makes sense if you're primarily seeking contributors?

TIL that Ada was the result of a language competition, seeking to replace the 450(!) programming languages in use at the department of defence: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-01-unified-engineering-i-ii-iii-iv-fall-2005-spring-2006/comps-programming/15_robertdewar.pdf

A programming question in an interview is often seeking to be novel (in case candidates share past questions) but not too difficult. This makes me wonder: could they be procedurally generated?