> His definition of failed seems to be “didn’t take over the world” You don’t need to guess. paragraph 2: > Some of the above languages are no longer quite as

> His definition of failed seems to be “didn’t take over the world” You don’t need to guess. paragraph 2: > Some of the above languages are no longer quite as popular as they once were. This will be the definition of "failure" we will use here. I think it’s fine to use “failure” as a concise term that way, especially when he explicitly defines it. I don’t agree with his reasoning but the use of “failure” is fine as a rhetorical point.