Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Sep 2012 20:04 UTC, submitted by MOS6510

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RE[3]: Are these languages going to get any traction? Ever?
by shmerl on Tue 4th Sep 2012 23:02
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RE[4]: Are these languages going to get any traction? Ever?
by ricegf on Wed 5th Sep 2012 12:38
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Python seems to have gained popularity via back door. People didn't like perl so they switched to Python. Then you got mass... followed by adoption (also I believe the source engine uses python for scripting.)
C++ probably got popular because of C (in that it's a super set of C, meaning you can just go ahead and add your stuff to old C code.)
Edited 2012-09-04 22:35 UTC