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> assuming it gains any traction. There's little risk of that I think; even very strong and innovative languages struggle to gain traction. It doesn't tend to
by Lazare 10y ago
> assuming it gains any traction.
There's little risk of that I think; even very strong and innovative languages struggle to gain traction. It doesn't tend to happen by accident.
And let's not forget that writing your own ORM, compiler, programming language, hardware driver, etc., (even blog engine!) is an amazing way to learn. But it is good to know whether a project is a hobby project to help learn, or a serious project aimed at getting traction, or what.
- alttab 10y ago>> But it is good to know whether a project is a hobby project to help learn, or a serious project aimed at getting traction, or what. Most programming projects start with the intention of the latter but usually end up becoming the former.
- kodo 10y agoI’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) Linus Torvalds 1991
- alttab 10y agoMinecraft is another good example.
- the_duke 10y agoI think it's the other way around. Most projects start out as a hobby / experiment and a tiny fraction of those become popular.
- weberc2 10y ago> It doesn't tend to happen by accident. I don't know, C++ is pretty popular. ;)