Re:Java's Cover (April 2001)
by briantrice on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @04:41PM
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So, you think popularity is success? I think that when Paul says "success", he means "winning" in an old sense that "those who adopt X have a better chance at winning" whatever it is. Just because the language is widely used doesn't mean it's contributing to the success of the adopters.
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Re:Java's Cover (April 2001)
by thebluesky on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @03:54AM
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So how would you propose measuring "contributing to the success of the adopters" ? It seems that there is no way to either prove or disprove the statement hence any statement about the "success" of a language could be claimed as valid/true.