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Lone hackers are not a myth. There are definitely people out there who do incredible things entirely or mostly by themselves.

It seems to me that question is orthogonal to the value of community for a language. If anything, a strong language ecosystem empowers lone hackers, and I suspect most good ecosystems benefit greatly from the contributions of lone hackers.

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In this case I meant myth in the "tradition or legendary story" sense, not the "this is completely false" sense.

Ashton, I appreciate your thoughts on this subject - I've been meaning to write about it for a while, and just posted my response here: http://startupframework.tumblr.com/post/36816740387/power

Not to side-track from programming language semantics, but I hope to engage in a discussion on the sole entrepreneur as you mentioned.

Edit: I think the bottom line of your post and mine is that: No one does it alone. At least, that's my (perhaps more philosophical than technical) take on it. So for hackers and entrepreneurs to reach critical mass with their products/offerings, they need the input/help/support from those around them (family, friends, clients, etc).

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