> In practice, the longer a language has been around and the more likely it is to stick around. I think this is called the Lindy effect: https://en.wikipedia.o

> In practice, the longer a language has been around and the more likely it is to stick around. I think this is called the Lindy effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect > The Lindy effect is a theorized phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology or an idea, is proportional to their current age. Thus, the Lindy effect proposes the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer its remaining life expectancy.