Pairing Based on Language?

[klfoulk16]

I'd love to see an addition to pairing bot where you can restrict matches to specific programming languages. I was going to look into making a pull request for this, but unfortunately I don't know any Go.

[stillgreenmoss]

Hi Kelly! Thanks for the suggestion! When I first made pairing bot, I didn't want to include this feature because I thought the added complexity might decrease engagement. Also, it significantly increases the complexity of the matching algorithm, and that's not the sort of problem that I find very fun. That being said, I'm not opposed to adding it if someone else comes up with a matching algorithm for it! A good algorithm for this would need to have a non-exclusive preference for matching people based on language (since otherwise the same two people may get matched every single day if they are the only two people who've listed that language preference).I *think* this means that pairing bot would need to start remembering historical matches, which she doesn't currently do. So it's a big change.

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