Re:Functional programming is not popular because it is weird...
by coldtea on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:18AM
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>Languages do not becomes successful due to their intrinsic qualities. Languages become successful when they are coupled to a successful platform.
That's true for system and low-level application languages (Javascript is an exception, as for the web platform, there's no alternative so it's used for everything).
Perl, Python, Java didn't become succesful because of platform ties (yes, Java was made by a platform vendor, but most of its programmers used Windows and deployed on Linux or AIX, not Solaris).
That's true for system and low-level application languages (Javascript is an exception, as for the web platform, there's no alternative so it's used for everything).
Perl, Python, Java didn't become succesful because of platform ties (yes, Java was made by a platform vendor, but most of its programmers used Windows and deployed on Linux or AIX, not Solaris).