Richard Feldman gave an interesting talk on this in 2019 [0]. He was trying to answer why functional programming isn't mainstream but the opposite is what we'r

Richard Feldman gave an interesting talk on this in 2019 [0]. He was trying to answer why functional programming isn't mainstream but the opposite is what we're posing here and I think it's for many of the same reasons. Network effects: a lot of these languages were mainstream earlier on and got buy in from a lot of folks who are invested in their continued adoption and success. Platform exclusivity: some companies push their own language ecosystems on their platforms and those languages are often OOP/multi-paradigm languages. Specifically to OOP we have to ask why is the particular style of C++/Java OOP the norm? Why didn't Eiffel, Smalltalk, or Self reach the same market? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJZzq0v7Z4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJZzq0v7Z4 edit: forgot the link -- oops.