[fmxexpress]

My theory is that programmers love complexity and gravitate to more and more complex things over time. If something is complex and never complete your job is assured to be there tomorrow. C++ has a performance advantage but Java and C# do not.

[danielscrubs]

All the languages that are “strangely popular” have had major backing from a global/multinational company.

It’s not a meritocracy driven development, it’s marketing 101.

Go is to Google what Java is to Sun/Oracle. History is repeating but we can’t really fight it because it would be a wasted effort.