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Re:Functional programming is not popular because it is weird... by patrick451 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:55AM (#28521227)
Why do you assume the browser would have become as popular as it did if Netscape had gone with Scheme? Or Unix with C?

It seems more likely there is a feedback between the popularity of a platform and it's anointed language.

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Re:Functional programming is not popular because it is weird... by goto11 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:11AM (#28521330)
Netscape already had total dominance of the browser market when JavaScript was introduced.
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