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> So why the obsession with popularity? One reason could be altruism. If you believe your tool is superior to the tools that most others are using you may be h
by catach 7y ago
> So why the obsession with popularity?
One reason could be altruism. If you believe your tool is superior to the tools that most others are using you may be highly motivated to convince those people to upgrade.
Another reason could be that higher popularity leads to more jobs.
- neilv 7y agoAnother is that practice relevance (adoption) is a factor in some research grants/funding. There's also adoption of their CS education programs, like HtDP, when clear industry relevance is one of the factors for some. I suppose that attracting students to the professors' own universities, at least undergrads, might also be a factor, though I haven't heard anything about that one.