Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages

Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by Pieman103021 on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:41PM (#16415969)

I definitely disagree that java is looking like - or even starting to - python did in 2004, it still has a huge market share, even compared to python. Yes python is definitely more popular now, enough so that the python paradox doesn't even apply, but it will probably never apply to java, or at least not in the current computing paradigm.

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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by mooreds on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:55PM (#16416066)

Maybe I read GP wrong, but what I took it to mean was that the market/talent position of python in 2018 is similar to java in 2004, not that java in 2018 is similar in any way to "2004 python".

Elm, Haskell, Clojure, etc, seem like they fulfill the role of "2004 python" in 2018.

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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by cies on Monday February 19, 2018 @07:51PM (#16417028)

> Elm, Haskell, Clojure, etc, seem like they fulfill the role of "2004 python" in 2018.

And ReasonML, PureScript and Kotlin the role of 1995 Python?

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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by sparkie on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:52PM (#16416048)

Yes sorry, I worded that badly and didn't intend to mean that Java was in any way like Python was in 2004. Only that Python is no longer something you'd consider someone smart for using.

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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by Can_Not on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:01PM (#16424168)

The Python-Paradox-Paradox.

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