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The dead zone of slick
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pierrefar
on Aug 18, 2008
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bluishgreen
on Aug 18, 2008
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley
ericb
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It's something like the uncanny valley...
stcredzero
on Aug 18, 2008
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One of the best sethgodin posts. I think this particularly applies to programming languages! I think Smalltalk got stuck in this valley. Python is still in "real" territory. Ruby might be in danger of geting caught in the valley, however.
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