Why does editor color scheme preference seem to vary by language?

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Published on 2011-11-11T18:15:16Z Indexed on 2011/11/11 18:25 UTC
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I've spent most of my career in C++ and Java, and like most of my peers I have the editor configured to display dark (black with dark-colored syntax highlighting) on a white background. I spent a day this week with Rubyists, and they all seem to favor light text on a dark background. I've observed this before. Why is it? What cultural differences between the Java and Ruby communities explain it? Or is it as simple as these are the default settings for our respective editors?

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