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I think that popularity is probably indicative of other qualities of a language, and at the very least, I think being popular is a good feature in itself (in te
by Smithalicious 7y ago
I think that popularity is probably indicative of other qualities of a language, and at the very least, I think being popular is a good feature in itself (in terms of getting support, libraries, documentation etc)
- pjmlp 7y agoPlatforms are products that sell languages, not the other way around. So being popular just means having the luck to be on a platform that is doing well. Usually most programming languages fade way when that platform stops being relevant, as history has proven a couple of times.