The flip side is: network effects. What is popular may not be perfect, but for any project that requires more than 1 coder, you can often get a lot more done in

The flip side is: network effects. What is popular may not be perfect, but for any project that requires more than 1 coder, you can often get a lot more done in a popular language because you can find other coders to work with. And even for solo programmers, it's easier to find an answer on stackoverflow for a popular language than an unpopular one.