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lack of new blood is what kills an ecosystem. the ever infusion of new blood is what made Javascript & Python to be in top 3 languages today. Even though thing
by dzonga 11mo ago
lack of new blood is what kills an ecosystem.
the ever infusion of new blood is what made Javascript & Python to be in top 3 languages today. Even though things like Ruby were easier for some. Ruby not being easily installed on windows back then stopped new blood as well.
for language designers / framework designers -- make your stuff easy for beginners then it easily grows.
- Qem 11mo ago> Ruby not being easily installed on windows back then stopped new blood as well. Also the lack of something akin to Python's IDLE in the standard install, to decrease set-up attrition for beginners. E.g. see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16042945/rubys-irb-with-what-is-equivalent-to-the-python-shell-with-idle-on-windows?noredirect=1 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16042945/rubys-irb-with-...