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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 23:36:11 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

>    There's always a psychology in the computer world that immediately
>    embraces the "Newest/Greatest Thing"
>    whether it's actually good/improved or not. Shit, I remember when 'C'
>    was in that category ... that one DID hang on

That's something that's puzzled me all of my life and on a wider scale 
than computer languages. Why does Religion X survive while Religion Y, 
which is equally as plausible/implausible become an also ran? Why does C 
hand on while C++ never quite lived up to its promises? Why is Pike 
completely off the map? It isn't that bad of a C-like language?

Some things live the AC vs. DC wars have valid technological answers. 
Others like the i86 architecture seem more like accidents at a point in 
time.