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> Python had a lot of help from marketing.. it was just that it was marketing of a different kind, from its users [...] Perl, Tcl, Python (all scripting, I kno
by bch 7y ago
> Python had a lot of help from marketing.. it was just that it was marketing of a different kind, from its users [...]
Perl, Tcl, Python (all scripting, I know) are (iiuc) examples that came to be without a juggernaut behind them, but then to say they had a different kind of marketing behind them is sort of tautological, no? People liked those languages and talked about it. That’s just human nature.
- pmoriarty 7y agoWhen mention the effect of marketing by users, I mean to distinguish that from choosing a language based on its technical merits. There's a certain amount of buzz and bandwagon effect that plays in to the success of popular languages, and, yes, languages like Perl, Tcl, and Python had it too. That's a different sort of marketing, though, from the buzz created by having famous/respected names attached to the languges, like Go had in Google and Rob Pike.
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- pjmlp 7y ago- Perl, Active State and was a standard language in most UNIXes - Tcl, was backed by Active State and Sun for a long time - Python, all the renowned companies Guido worked for