On 2014-05-16 9:45 AM, Chris wrote:
You're kidding, aren't you. How can anything developed by a company become a real standard, catering for what developers need? The thread about Go not featuring generics is a good example. Look at what happened to Java. Market shares, strategic thinking, these all play into it, and don't forget the BIG EGOS you usually find among those who run those huge companies. Do you think that all decisions are made based on sound empirical evidence? Yeah, right.
You know the C programming language was pushed forward by AT&T right? And you know Google's SPDY is part of the HTML2 draft? I don't know what your opinions on the big corporate machines are, but some really smart software engineers and pioneers are being employed there with revolutionary ideas.
