Re:The Python Paradox
by mkl on Friday January 27, 2023 @05:38AM
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Right, but I think any language that is "complete" is either dead, dying, or headed for a tiny niche (or already in a tiny niche). Can you think of any counterexamples?
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The vast majority of languages are dead, dying or headed for a tiny niche. How many languages can you name that aren't? There can only be at most 3 languages with more than 25% market share.
Even Python is likely to die; in time. Most things do. Something will have to change first, at the moment it is doing great.
You seem to be arguing against something I didn't say.
All I'm saying is that change is a sign of life, and that non-change is a sign of the opposite.
Go ye unto your tool shed, examine your spanner for signs of life, and you will have the possibility of gaining enlightenment - for you are correct in your argument.
C.
C is changing (C99, C11, C17, C2x). It is also increasingly relegated to niches like embedded and systems, though there's still a lot of other use.