Re:Programming Language Rankings: June 2016
by geodel on Thursday July 21, 2016 @09:37AM
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I agree and add even 90% sounds like conservative estimate. One reason I think is Java is good enough and the incredibly loud communities of smaller JVM languages have not produced enough libraries, tooling etc to attain a 'just works' title which is needed for most common type of development done by salaried workers.
Some people might hate Java and search for alternatives on the JVM, but 90% of the production code on the JVM, its commercial variants, and Android is plain Java.
Also ClojureScript is not 100% Clojure and most web shops across the world only care about JavaScript.
Likewise, the majority of developers targeting BEAM will be using Erlang.
If something I learned from my Turbo Pascal/Delphi, Oberon experience, is that programming languages that aren't considered a first class experience from the platform owners never manage to get a significant market share, long term.