Kragen Javier Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was only trying to explain how they became widely adopted in the first > place, not how they survived afterwards. Your comments on how those two have > survived are insightful and interesting as usual, but I think the biggest > factor is that gobs of code already exist.
I suggest that programming languages are adopted primarily because of charismatic people who advertise them. I think that the technical quality of a language is less important than the community around that language. I think that people matter more than technology where technology is concerned. I've probably referred to this paper already on this list: http://alistair.cockburn.us/index.php/Characterizing_people_as_non-linear,_first-order_components_in_software_development -- I've tried to teach people autodidactism, | ScannedInAvian.com but it seems they always have to learn it for themselves.| Shae Matijs Erisson
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