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Sure, a bunch of companies use Julia but none of them are backing it the way Google backs Go, Oracle backs Java, or Mozilla (formerly) backed Rust.

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Didn't hurt that much for Python, Ruby, not having a big name in the early days.

Just like I would consider MIT and a few of the companies on that listing as relevant, doesn't need to always be a FAANG.