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Why do they keep making new languages
(lemmy.stonansh.org)
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Some languages have a obligation to support older versions, provide upgrade guides. They have old baggage in the forms of old systems or processes that they can’t just abandon.
Sometimes it’s easier to just start over from a clean slate. Experimenting and seeing how it works. If it fails well you haven’t inconvenienced millions of users.
It’s all about experimenting, trying to see what works, what it’s good with and what it’s not good with. A language like Java can’t just change to experiment things. Some people are also fixed to the style and methodology that Java provides.
Aside from that, hobby languages are just hobbyist stuff.
Quite a few languages that are major players now started as hobby languages.
I think PHP has a bad rep 'cos it tried to be everything to everyone... if you maintain a certain standard (i.e. always do the same thing the same way) and avoid deviating it's actually a pretty cool language.