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by tmgrhm 5211 days ago
Minecraft isn't as popular as it is because it's the result of brilliantly-written Java; it sells so well because it's a brilliant concept.
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That's true, but I'd guess that's true of much desktop software. People don't use Microsoft Word because of its efficient C++ code; they use it because it's semi-standard, has lots of features, and overall is good enough. I would bet giant piles of legacy code are a bigger reason for not moving to C# than anything language-specific is.