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by new_stranger 1457 days ago
I know some people are afraid of change and competition, but I'm thrilled everytime someone shares their new language or library. I don't have to learn or use them all, but it's great to basically have unlimited research and approaches to skim on github/gitlab/etc.. for any language and any problem.
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Programming languages can be similar to bacterial DNA. Even if the language never gains broad acceptance, parts of it may be incorporated into other languages.
I like to think of it like music. For each Nirvana type band there needed to be many Pixies and Melvins type bands to influence them.