[that_guy_iain]

> This argument + response keep coming up. If a niche language could never pick up steam we'd still be stuck with assembly. All languages started off as niche.

No they didn't all start off as a niche. They started off with a small user base of early adopters. Haskell is a niche because it's been around long enough to pick up users. There is a difference between a new language with a small number of early adopters and a niche language that has been around for decades.

And languages like Swift did not start off small.

[cies]

You're right. A niche is not built in a day.