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by adamnemecek 1209 days ago
> What on earth constitutes "recent" language and where did you se me mentioning "resent"? Anyways, does C++17 qualify? What about PHP8, ECMAScript of latter editions, newer versions of C#, Java etc. etc. ?

No, language versions are not languages.

> If I understand your thinking correct let me help you with your question: what native high performance language with no GC, memory / lifetime management and with the stable release after 2015 is used by all large tech companies. Nice try.

I meant in general, which languages that were created in the last 20 years are used by all big tech companies.

> Also what FAANGs do with their choice of tech is their own worries. They have needs that will never be encountered by majority of the rest of the world's programming.

I was arguing that Rust is popular since it has quite a bit of adoption, as demonstrated for example by it's usage by big tech. Also, no, there is a dire need for good systems languages.