[grumpyprole]

> doesn't mean that the application of that understanding to implementation humans will take a liking to is well understood.

I really like how ML implements it, does that make me somehow less human?

[bborud]

What you like or don't like isn't really the point. The point is that it isn't unimportant when judging how "good" a language is to take into account how many people are willing to use it. It is hard to argue that a language is "good" when a negligible fraction of developers are willing to use it.

[grumpyprole]

As Alan Kay said, the industry is a pop culture, driven by marketing not science. I'm still going to argue for good ideas though.

[bborud]

If one is to come up with an excuse for not understanding people, one should pick something that at least sounds plausible.