> but wouldn't a niche language make it harder to find developers Maybe? There are less of them, but sometimes there are great people who really want to use a

> but wouldn't a niche language make it harder to find developers Maybe? There are less of them, but sometimes there are great people who really want to use a language you’d have a hard time hiring otherwise. But then you have to make sure they’re not just into the language. Some people complain “we’re having a hard time hiring experienced developers in our area at rates we can afford for our weird language.”, but you have to wonder if “for our weird language” is actually the difference maker there. > possibly increase hardware costs if It's not optimized as well as JS? I don’t exactly think of JS as “optimized”. Most languages will be faster. Certainly anything in the APL family if you’re doing that type of work.