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He does not have a beard. I'm very skeptic this language will be successful

I have a beard. Wish me luck with my new language.

I think the beard test is for OS developers.

Matz with a beard: http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/images/matz-beard.jpg

He grew it specifically as a response to the "beard test" for programming languages.

Macintosh- and facial-hair-related: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Moustache.txt

http://khason.net/blog/computer-languages-and-facial-hair-%E...

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