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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Those factors led to significant adoption of Flash and Java. Adoption isn't permanent.
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Java Web Start had very little adoption. But "options" != "mandatory" -- we're losing the thread.
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Let's say we pass a law mandating software be developed in JS or C++. Will increase adoption of both, I predict.
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bad analogy: 1. web was never the only platform 2. Flash & JS were dev'ed for web 3. competition an early factor
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1. since the web was never the only platform, mandating bad options could also have killed the platform.
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2. Since Flash and JS were dev'ed *for* the web, there was no plausible analogous "law" -- ppl throwing spaghetti
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3. During the browser wars, browsers could try alternatives, like VBScript, and try to make them stick.
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