On 09/23/2015 11:29 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
While there is truth to this, it's also true that people's time is valuable, and many programmers are not going to want to spend time learning a language that they're not going to be able to use in the long run. And even if it can be used in the long run, if they're not going to be able to use it in a job, then maybe their time is better spent learning a language which they _will_ be able to use in their job - or even help them get a job if they know it.
Well, even then, there's still *somebody* making decisions with popularity over merit, even when (or *especially* when) it's a manager instead of a developer.
And I am speaking about the general decision making process here, not just specifically about the choice to "use/learn D" or "not use/learn D".
