You quote a question about “importance,” then make a number of statements about popularity, then conclude something about importance. It appears that you equat

You quote a question about “importance,” then make a number of statements about popularity, then conclude something about importance. It appears that you equate the two. And yet, others may have other definitions of “importance.” For example, Arguments can be made that Lisp, Smalltalk, and Haskell all have importance far greater than their popularity would indicate.