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My guess is that you’re seeing popularity based selection bias at work: languages with more common features are easier to understand and gain popularity faster

by johnfn 8y ago

My guess is that you’re seeing popularity based selection bias at work: languages with more common features are easier to understand and gain popularity faster than truly bizarre and unique languages which are confusing to newcomers. These popular languages end up being the ones you see every day. I bet a true random sample of programming languages would be a lot weirder.

amelius 8y ago
I'd love to see some examples.
- dfgdghdf 8y ago
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- kbob 8y ago
  Find the video '50 in 50' by Steele and Gabriel. 50 programming languages of the last 50 years, illustrated in 50 minutes. It includes all the popular languages, but also covers some truly weird ones.