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How are they feeling about that decision now?
> WhatsApp had clients written in Java against J2ME.
Sure, because Java is the only option on those platforms.
> JaneStreet is (apparently) killing it with OCaml.
OCaml hasn't hit its peak yet, it's still on the way (slowly) up.
> iOS apps were written in Objective-C when the rest of the world hardly even heard of that language.
Again, because it's the only option on the platform.
> This site is written in a niche dialect of Lisp.
How're they feeling about that decision now?
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How are they feeling about that decision now?
> WhatsApp had clients written in Java against J2ME.
Sure, because Java is the only option on those platforms.
> JaneStreet is (apparently) killing it with OCaml.
OCaml hasn't hit its peak yet, it's still on the way (slowly) up.
> iOS apps were written in Objective-C when the rest of the world hardly even heard of that language.
Again, because it's the only option on the platform.
> This site is written in a niche dialect of Lisp.
How're they feeling about that decision now?