Sounds like an evolution of the general community view of a new language :)
If we take the systems design view that new languages rise as solutions to existing problems, initially they are greeted as making thing X easier. But, since they work differently in places than previous language, they expose new emergent dynamics of software development, some of which will be pathological.
Once the strengths of the language are understood, improving on the usage of that language is then based on understanding the systemic pathologies that language induces and how to work around them.
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Following Bruce the last 15 years or so.
He hypes a language and makes money.
He bashes that language and makes money.
He hypes a language and makes money.
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Sounds like an evolution of the general community view of a new language :)
If we take the systems design view that new languages rise as solutions to existing problems, initially they are greeted as making thing X easier. But, since they work differently in places than previous language, they expose new emergent dynamics of software development, some of which will be pathological.
Once the strengths of the language are understood, improving on the usage of that language is then based on understanding the systemic pathologies that language induces and how to work around them.