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> Because we also had Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby that don't fit your explanation. That is why I specifically called out compiled languages. Perl, PHP, Python,
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
> Because we also had Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby that don't fit your explanation.
That is why I specifically called out compiled languages. Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby are all interpreted languages. For some reason, interpreted languages seem to be able to do ok without a big company backing them, but compiled languages seem need a big company to back them.
- akavi 7y agoI think the distinction is between statically typed and dynamically typed languages, which for other reasons lines up with compiled vs. interpreted. A lot of the benefit of statically typed languages are the tooling around them (IDE integration/autocomplete/error messages). These represent a fairly expensive (resource wise) area of investment and so the resources of a large company has high ROI.