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elizarov
8y ago
Aha. Good catch.
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elizarov
8y ago
Of course it is subjective, though I've used Tiobe, Redmonk and PYPL indices to compile a list of languages.
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elizarov
8y ago
Thanks!
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elizarov
8y ago
That is on purpose
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elizarov
8y ago
ActionScript does not make a cut on any popularity metric that I've used to select popular languages.
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elizarov
8y ago
It is not much weaker, but more pragmatic. A typical application has this need to represent a "missing" value quite often and adding a special `?`-based syntax for it totally pays of in practice. However, it is important to not th