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Programming languages are not just languages anymore, they are ecosystems and ecosystems takes time to evolve and it is really really hard for a new ecosystem t

Programming languages are not just languages anymore, they are ecosystems and ecosystems takes time to evolve and it is really really hard for a new ecosystem to evolve when there are already established ecosystems. The languages ecosystems feeds on themselves. Example: My OS is written in C hence the best way to write my program would be to use C or some other language that can easily interoperate with C.

bbcbasic 10y ago
Haskell isn't new. It's quite the vintage language now.
jbergens 10y ago
It doesn't always take time. The javascript/npm ecosystem has grown very rapidly. Probably because the language is simple to learn and use and there were already many developers who knew some javascript.
- kasey_junk 10y ago
  That and you have to program JavaScript for some applications.