Re:Erlang will replace Java in the next 2 years as the stand...
by hassy on Wednesday September 10, 2008 @03:45PM
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What I meant is that it's possible that Erlang will become a popular choice for startups in the next two years.
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Re:Erlang will replace Java in the next 2 years as the stand...
by SwellJoe on Wednesday September 10, 2008 @05:15PM
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I doubt that, as well. Ruby still isn't all that popular a choice for startups, and it's had some astoundingly good marketing. I'd say maybe 20% of the startups I know personally are using Ruby, with the rest divided amongst PHP, Python, Java, and Perl (not necessarily in that order, though PHP is definitely at the top of the list by a large margin). Since RoR started gaining traction about three years ago, and RoR is still not the leading platform, the notion that Erlang could even become a contender (much less the leader) in two years is more than a little ridiculous.
Not to mention the fact that there's only one language at this point that is inevitably going to grow really rapidly in popularity (JavaScript). (Others will grow, but none so fast as JavaScript.)