The Rise and Fall of Languages in 2012

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 9, 2013 2:27 AM EDT
Dr. Dobb's Open Source Articles; By Andrew Binstock
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Programming languages are living phenomena: They're born, the lucky ones that don't die in infancy live sometimes long, fruitful lives, and then inevitably enter a period of decline. Unlike real life, the decline can last many, many years as the presence of large legacy codebases means practiced hands must tend the code for decades. The more popular the language once was, the longer this period of decline will be.

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