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In the past ~15 years, there are only two new languages that went from "shiny new niche toy" to "mainstream" status. Rust and Go[0]. This fact alone insinuates
by raincole 7mo ago
In the past ~15 years, there are only two new languages that went from "shiny new niche toy" to "mainstream" status. Rust and Go[0].
This fact alone insinuates that the idea of having unlimited memory or unlimited CPU clocks is just wrong.
[0]: And TypeScript, technically. But I'd consider TypeScript a fork of JavaScript rather than a new language.
- kriro 7mo agoSwift is at least in the TIOBE Top 20 (#20) and Scratch is at #12 but more educational. I'd also add Kotlin and Dart as contenders which sit just outside the top 20.
- tracker1 7mo agoRust is still considered by many to be pretty niche... as much as I like Rust and as widely as it is starting to be used. I especially like it with agent/ai use as the agent output tends to be much higher quality than other languages I've tried with them.
- rvz 7mo agoZig. So make that 3. It is also used in Ghostty, Bun which is the JS runtime that powers OpenCode, and Claude Code.
- rickette 7mo agoStill Go/Rust/Typescript is on a whole other level of adoption compared to Zig