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> Unfortunately, a start-up based on a programming language is a notoriously bad idea. I’m not saying it’s impossible - but there isn’t a great track record for
by cpeterso 10y ago
> Unfortunately, a start-up based on a programming language is a notoriously bad idea. I’m not saying it’s impossible - but there isn’t a great track record for them
Any examples of successful startups based on a new programming language? Lightbend (previously Typesafe) worked on Scala, but the language existed before the company.
- Someone 10y agoIf you leave out _new_, as the OP did, there's at least one example: Microsoft.
- digitalzombie 10y agoThat's funny. Microsoft took the main guy from Pony. They're really invested in languages like C# and F#. I guess you gotta be a big established company to afford to maintain programming language. Google have Go. Ericsson got Erlang.
- tjalfi 10y agoForth Inc[0] might qualify. The company was founded by Chuck Moore and Elizabeth Rather in 1971. Chuck invented Forth and Elizabeth was the second person to learn it. [0] https://www.forth.com/software-development-company/ https://www.forth.com/software-development-company/