On Jul 1, 2:20 pm, Jon Kiparsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Thinking about this, I think I'm curious to know what exactly is meant when > someone says a language is "dead".
I'd suggest the vocabulary of growth (Scala), mature (still useful like XML or C), or obsolete (not practically used like Pascal) On Jul 1, 2:30 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > By definition, the presentations you see in these conferences are > experimental topics. At best, they can give you a sense for potential > momentum, or an idea of where academia and tinkerers are experimenting with. > > In my opinion, the best way to find out if a technology is healthy, niche or > dying is a combination of TIOBE and job boards, such as Dice, Monster, > LinkedIn, etc... This is exactly the opposite of what Casper said. I guess it depends on your purpose, whether you are exploring an intellectual interest, or doing something more practically focused on industry. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
