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I wonder how many of these didn't work out because they didn't scale well to real world complexity.

• pjmlp 9y ago
  The reasons are more to do with political interests and willingness to invest into specific technologies. For example, do you think the whole Web 2.0 with JavaScript everywhere would ever taken off if it wasn't for companies with the engineering resources of Microsoft, Google, Apple and Mozilla into fighting for JIT performance? Without it, JavaScript would still be used for form validations and dummy page animations. Or Java on Android, with Google's goal of making it succeed whatever it takes. It is all a matter how much money a company is willing to spend into making something become reality.
  • jacobush 9y ago
    No, not really, at all. Natural language programming and strong A.I. are vastly different than the Node.js framework of the week. These things you mention, Javascript, Java, Android etc are like toys. You argue that the toy makers just as easily could have produced the equivalent of a Moon rocket program, if only they had spent money on that. I am not convinced.
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