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Look at the top 7 languages used in industry: C/++/#, Java, JS, Python, and VB.NET. They all more or less follow "C-like syntax". In fact compare APL or J to
by kortex 9y ago
Look at the top 7 languages used in industry: C/++/#, Java, JS, Python, and VB.NET.
They all more or less follow "C-like syntax".
In fact compare APL or J to any of the Tiobe 20, and you'll see they are wildly different in look and feel.
https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index// https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index//
- mikebenfield 9y agoWell, I'm definitely aware of what mainstream programming langauges look like. But I think the popularity of a language is only loosely related to its technical attributes.