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by jcelerier 1946 days ago
> All languages started off as niche.

definitely not. Java was presented at SunWorld. When C# came out there were ads in computer programming zines. Swift came out on a wide concert stage with most of the Apple community having their eyes riveted on the video stream: https://youtu.be/MO7Ta0DvEWA?t=45

All that ensures that the "critical mass" adoption to get the language out of niche status would be a non-issue
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cies 1946 days ago
Even those languages start off with a small user base, right?

And some return to small user bases :) I think the number of VB programmers has drop to level below Haskell nowadays.

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jcelerier 1945 days ago
> I think the number of VB programmers has drop to level below Haskell nowadays.

ahahaha

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F01dpgv,%2F...

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