Aging of the Independent C-Derived Open Source Programming Languages

1 · Alan Storm · June 14, 2021, 10 p.m.
I’ve been wondering lately about the future of languages like ruby, python, PHP, and (to a lesser extent) Node.js. These are languages that launched in the 1990s (except for Node.js) and were adopted widely despite not having a large vendor behind them. The development, maintenance, and promotion of Java and .NET are backed by Oracle and Microsoft. A lot of people are paid a lot of money to keep these platforms up to date and relevant. PHP, ruby, python and Node.js don’t have this direct company...