Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.glorb.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:33:48 -0600 Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: What makes a programming language popular? Summary: Why are some languages fashionable, while others are not? Keywords: programming,language,popular,popularity From: Aaron W. Hsu User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:33:48 -0600 Lines: 12 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-ftVa+p8wXtAzYdHZch3v5q3VwuCcf5zCqkyZpKy4kqxC8YnpBZAX53U3ryB/ESV6GPxZ+RwgBUn3X8k!tQc2migP0giapL4PwxLhyXp7d2IjYhwZILRWyjUdZhG9ItGN82zx2UIkEcrwhp/dgkRcg/0v/Q== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1602 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.programming:1286 At any given time, a programming language can usually be thought of as currently fashionable, rising in popularity, or losing popularity. I would like to hear some thoughts on what makes a language popular, what brings it back into popularity, or what might be the "marketing" strategy for anyone who cares about their language making an impact and achieving wide use. This is, of course, disregarding whether being a popular language is a good thing or not. :-) -- Aaron W. Hsu | arcfide@sacrideo.us | http://www.sacrideo.us Programming is just another word for the lost art of thinking.