[wtetzner]

> I think it's part of a general trend of language designers (and even language fans) not understanding what makes languages work in practice.

Maybe, or maybe not all language designers have the goal of making their language as popular as possible. A language can be popular enough, such that it has a good community and good set of libraries, without trying to get everyone to switch.

In fact, depending on what you're looking for, a language can become too popular. In this case, you start getting people in the community that detract from it, rather than contribute to it.