I must say, I was hoping this would be a venomous crocodile

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Haha! This hits home too hard 😂

Yeah, I agree on this. I think that in the right context, not being mainstream is a blessing in disguise. Of course, that comes with all the obvious consequences, but with the right team, anything can be done

Right. Can you elaborate on what you mean by "mainstream"? To my knowledge, none of the languages with the capabilities that you mentioned can be considered mainstream, according to what *I* would consider a mainstream language.

Sounds like you're talking about Scala 😉

Indeed, that would make your decoder work as an anti corruption layer. This is why I prefer the `Option[NonEmptyList[A]]` notation for interfaces that handle inbound flows