> What the survey results is saying though is that 42% doesn't even do the bare minimum to figure out if there is compelling reasons. It doesn't say this neces

> What the survey results is saying though is that 42% doesn't even do the bare minimum to figure out if there is compelling reasons. It doesn't say this necessarily. It may very well mean that "Go worked well for us, while X didn't, and we have no compelling reason to try out Y now. Let's go with Go". Or it may mean that they previously evaluated other languages (e.g. from previous jobs) so they didn't have to do it this time. They were all on the same page that the language is a good fit so they short-circuited the decision. If I spend 1 minute in deciding the language to use for a project, I wouldn't exactly call it that I evaluated other languages. But my decision is based on past experiences with other languages. I think you're jumping to conclusions.