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It's not a ploy for clicks. Programmers spend a lot of time working with programming languages and so the choice of language is an interesting thing to mention, no matter what it might be.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=written+in+c%2B%2B

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=written+in+python

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=written+in+go

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=written+in+rust

EDIT: There's one exception. "Written in bash" is and will always be clickbait, fight me



"Written is bash" always means it's either unimpressive or absolutely horrifying.


Wrong! "Written in COBOL" is the true clickbait.




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