According to these rankings JavaScript is the most popular language, and it's not based on the JVM/CLR, and it doesn't have great c/c++ interop. Other compile-t

According to these rankings JavaScript is the most popular language, and it's not based on the JVM/CLR, and it doesn't have great c/c++ interop. Other compile-to-JS languages like Typescript, Elm, and Idris are in the same boat. Elixir made some solid gains this quarter, and it's based on the BEAM VM, so not JVM/CLR, and not great c/c++ interop. It has great concurrency support, and is widely regarded as being rock-solid. Haskell fell one spot, but it's still in the top 20, and it's not based on the JVM/CLR, and doesn't have great c/c++ support. The library support is similar to the situation in Python 3, and I've written plenty of performance sensitive Haskell code that's within 2x the speed of c. It's a big world out there, and there are so many great languages. The JVM/CLR definitely provide a nice head-start, but they're not the only way to build a good language.