More seriously, what matters depends on outcomes you want. If the metric is "programs work correctly", syntax matters less.
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Replying to @samth @littlecalculist
If the metric is "people learn easily", syntax matters lots. If it's "people adopt my language" then who knows what matters
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Replying to @samth
Re adoption "syntax vs semantics" is myopic; have to understand tech in context
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Replying to @littlecalculist
I know we disagree here, but I genuinely think no one knows anything about PL adoption (except that everyone hates lisp :).
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Replying to @samth
like, do you think we have zero clues about how JS became popular?
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Replying to @littlecalculist
I would say mandatory use increases popularity (by definition), but also that we don't know why Node took off when it did.
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Replying to @samth @littlecalculist
can you say why you think JS had mandatory adoption?
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people need fancy web. JS powers fancy web.
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Java was ubiquitous in the 90s (remember Java Web Start), then Flash in the 2000s.
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fancy web that's easier to write than flash?
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that seems to imply that factors other than "mandatory" are at play here ;)
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