> ...if we want to understand why one language is more popular than another, we usually need to look at things that happened in the past, not just things that a

> ...if we want to understand why one language is more popular than another, we usually need to look at things that happened in the past, not just things that are happening right now Figuring out why OCaml didn't get popular in the past is not a super useful exercise. It's more useful to understand what is needed to popularize it today.