> So then, why is K less popular than pretty much any other language? K is pretty polarizing and goes against many established “best practices” we get hammered

> So then, why is K less popular than pretty much any other language? K is pretty polarizing and goes against many established “best practices” we get hammered into us every day as software devs. Just look at the knee-jerk negative reactions on hn posts every time the APL family is mentioned. We tried it in my team and a lot of people who were pretty productive in it still hated the experience.