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>If you have to write forceful "It's not dead! Really!" blog posts How is this different from modern languages making similar posts about how they're very acti
by forgotpwd16 5y ago
>If you have to write forceful "It's not dead! Really!" blog posts
How is this different from modern languages making similar posts about how they're very active?
- justinator 5y agoSaying, "we're very active" is a different framing than saying, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated".
- coldtea 5y agoBecause "we're active" is something you want to see in a language - even if the language has little adoption, being active is positive. "We're not dead" on the other hand is defensive. Even if the language has a big community still, it means people are leaving. And the thing is new users seldom go to big but dying languages. They'd rather go to small but growing languages (which at least are more exciting), but even more probably, they'll go to medium to big but growing languages.