"The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki (Strange Loop 2023)
Strange Loop Conference
Why leaders watch it
Examines who pays for language teams and how funding shapes project fate, relevant to funding open-source work.
Evan Czaplicki, creator of Elm, examines how programming languages are funded. He looks at where compiler engineers' salaries come from, why Go has about 5 engineers while Dart has about 30, and how this limits language design.
Topics: Strategy & competitive advantage, Org design & scaling
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