Java. Ugh. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:02 AM Thomas Costigliola <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will not question the general premise; that in some situations > popularity can cause more problems than it can fix. But to make things > more concrete can you give an account of a programming language that > suffered from a glut popularity? > > On 08/01/2016 10:42 AM, Raul Miller wrote: > > 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, > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
