On Friday, 17 July 2015 at 12:06:08 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
There is always a relatively small set of best solutions for a
given problem. One needs to find a rational and obvious answer
to the question:
For what domain is D the best choice?
That's an incorrect question. The previous one was correct:
"which platform is attractive". Sometimes the best choice is the
platform you mastered, i.e. if you want the result quickly.
Just a single, well argued answer that stands up to scrutiny.
Without it, few people will feel like endorsing it. (loss of
marketing effect)
If you mean purely social issues, they are probably not very tied
to technical aspects, it's more a question of PR.
Ask yourself: why did a weird language like Erlang grow?
Because it was a commercial project?
Wait, you mean it doesn't grow anymore?
