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Corporate sponsorship is the new prereq for a successful language/framework in today's world. It didn't used to be that way but it is now. Bring on our new goo
by ascotan 6y ago
Corporate sponsorship is the new prereq for a successful language/framework in today's world. It didn't used to be that way but it is now. Bring on our new googlemozillaapplefacebookmicrosoft language/framework overlords.
- hyperman1 6y agoI dont think this is new. C and C++ came from Bell Labs, for example. Cobol from the USA government, FORTRAN from IBM. Java from sun, javascript from netscape. In general, they all had a big institution. I presume these provided a a few ingredients, like * A strong urge to solve a real-world problem * A cradle, where smart people had time and resources to build a basic core * A broadcast platform as others would look up to the institution, and notice what they were doing From the top of my head, perl and python don't fit in this pattern, so its not universal, but I would dare to call it common.