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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by timbit42 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @06:16PM (#43978367)
I understand the design choices and they're crap. Choosing a programming language shouldn't be a popularity contest.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by timewizard on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @08:09PM (#43979314)
There are inevitably those who don't know how to program but are responsible for hiring those that can. Language popularity is an obvious metric with good utility for that case.

Even so you haven't provided any compelling evidence that C or C++ made it's decisions to be more appealing or more popular.

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