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   phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 18:10:57 JST phiofx

   The evolution of #programminglanguages popularity is probably best quantified as a large VAR system, each dimension representing a distinct ecosystem.

   There is strong temporal persistence because rewriting huge code bases (and rewiring large brain pools) is an enormous task.

   There is slow language co-evolution as useful inventions diffuse and get adopted.

   And there are random but occasionally severe external shocks in the form of new popular use cases.

   #php #java #cpp #datascience

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 18:40:09 JST phiofx

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     • Fubaroque

     @fubaroque that would probably do as a first proxy for language evolution events

     What is more opaque is the size and domain complexity of existing code bases (some argue the planetary economy still runs on #cobol)

     Things did get alot more transparent with #opensource repositories and web-based application usage so in the future one might actually be able to be more quantitative / objective about what is happening (and why)

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     Fubaroque (fubaroque@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 18:40:10 JST Fubaroque

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     @phiofx https://www.levenez.com/lang/