On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Thomas Costigliola <[email protected]> wrote: > I would not automatically discount popularity. Usually, the more viral a > language is, the more people there are working to improve it and the faster > it matures. Also, there are more libraries and better interoperability with > other languages and environments. All of which in turn increases popularity. > The question is which must come first, the chicken or the egg?
You can't ignore popularity. But it's a tool, and one that destroys approximately as much as it creates. So one of the tricks is: how do you keep things working while supporting all the people who are jumping on the popularity train? That is not always easy. Thanks, -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
