[wtallis]

Would you care to propose an objective criterion by which Dart is within an order of magnitude of the popularity or prevalence of Python?

[munificent]

That depends on if you define "mainstream" to mean "lots of users" or "similar to the kinds of things with lots of users".

If I write songs that sound like Taylor Swift but no one knows who I am, do I make "mainstream" music? Personally, I would say yes.

[pandler]

> If I write songs that sound like Taylor Swift but no one knows who I am, do I make "mainstream" music? Personally, I would say yes.

You might make mainstream music but you yourself are not mainstream.

[tmc2]

That's a loaded question, in that it's notoriously difficult to measure, and you already know the answer, but here:

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....

Surprised?