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What people who do academic analysis of programming languages often miss is culture. So much about what programming language gets used has to do with what ecosy
by WoodenChair 9y ago
What people who do academic analysis of programming languages often miss is culture. So much about what programming language gets used has to do with what ecosystem it's been targeted at and what colleagues in that ecosystem are using.
- stmw 9y agoI couldn't agree more and was just making this point to someone last week - for many of the well-established languages, 80% of the reasons to use or not to use them is the associated culture, from the qualifications of the average applicant to the prevailing approaches to solving problems.