The devil is in (b). The standard for what is understandable and to whom has changed quite dramatically
I would add (e) it must meet certain expectations. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Michael Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > Various programming > > languages had an amateurish start (this surely did not apply to > > JSONiq), but still have become huge without anyone advertising them. > > > > There are four preconditions to make a technology successful > > (a) it must meet a need > > (b) it must be understandable > > (c) it must be affordable > > (d) luck > > Elegance of design, in my experience, has very little to do with it; > marketing has even less. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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