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But then you've to consider that many languages have been created in academic institutions, few have become semi-popular, fewer have entered the industry sector
by forgotpwd16 6y ago
But then you've to consider that many languages have been created in academic institutions, few have become semi-popular, fewer have entered the industry sector.
- pjmlp 6y agoDepends in what context, a language created by MIT researchers with the goal of changing the status quo of Python and R, followed by the creation of a foundation to drive its adoption among commercial entities, is quite different than the thousands of programming languages created across the globe for yet another compiler class assignment.
- forgotpwd16 6y agoIn my opinion the most important role in its adoption was having researchers putting it in application in their field. In a way it was Julia's killer app. Considering it is made for technical computing, this showed that it is useful and actually *used* for its purpose, and not something that some researchers have academic fun with. This is not to say that languages meant for academic purposes are bad but rather that it isn't something which will make a language popular.