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Would evaluating the reason(s) (a futile endeavor, if you ask me) replace my sadness? Hardly. It's a beautiful language I enjoy working with, and I'm saddened

• btreecat 2mo ago
  The goal isn't to replace, it's to understand so you can grow past it. If you start from the fact that people haven't adopted it, maybe it's not as beautiful or enjoyable to most developers.
  • eviluncle 2mo ago
    My guy, I am bummed that such a powerful and readable language isn't more popular. I don't need to grow past anything. Being bummed about stuff is part of life. The reasons it isn't more well adopted are many. The conclusion that therefor it's "not beautiful or enjoyable to most developers" is flawed and baseless. It assumes perfect meritocracy where the most beautiful and enjoyable languages for developers are the most popular ones.
    • btreecat 2mo ago
      I agree, being bummed is part of life, so is growing past it. Only so much time for what could have been. I don't think it would require a "perfect meritocracy" for languages that are found "beautiful" and "enjoyable" to succeed if they are also "practical" and have accessable tooling. What makes languages popular is clearly multidimensional, where astehctics are certainty one dimension (even ugly languages get updates over time if there's enough energy behind the project) but so is timing, tooling, investment, community, etc. I think it's reasonable to conclude that whatever beautiful nature is/was there wasn't enough. In terms of weight of importance, or degree of agreement.