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I wrote about this subject a while back. I'd be curious to read an 'article version' of his talk. https://www.welton.it/articles/programming_language_economics

• layer8 3y ago
  Your article is more about the economics of using a language, while Evan’s talk is about the economics of developing a language. Your choice of examples also dates you as being roughly 20 years older than Evan. ;)
  • davidw 3y ago
    Well, yeah, I wrote the article nearly 20 years ago. I still think the fundamental forces at work are pretty similar though. The economics of creating a programming language are similar to most other open source software economics, although even proprietary languages need a way to get an initial user base. In some cases that's easier, as a large company can force a language for some important environment like writing iOS apps.
    • layer8 3y ago
      Ah, I missed the date, and “a while back” sounded more recent to me. I think your article and Evan’s talk are largely complementary.