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A successful programming language is rarely ever something that stands on its own. It’s usually the byproduct of a corporation or some sort of organized committ
by mastrsushi 5y ago
A successful programming language is rarely ever something that stands on its own. It’s usually the byproduct of a corporation or some sort of organized committee. It gains relevance through a growing community or standardized through some sort of committee.
To answer the question shortly, programming languages aren’t very profitable. There are so many of them in competition with each other and so few that companies can adopt and base their recruitment around.
Tech startups usually thrive from apps, services, or valuable technologies. Not yet another programming language.
- grumblenum 5y ago>Tech startups usually thrive from apps, services, or valuable technologies. I think an unprecedented abundance of cheap leverage and an inability of investors to make reasonable valuations of highly abstract products should be in that list.