Any language that has a significant user base, ie, a large number of applications, will experience resistance to change. The only way to avoid this is for people NOT to use the language. The fear of popularization will condemn a language to permanent niche status. That's fine, if that's what the user community wants. The language will forever be a "hobbyist" tool. Sean P. DeNigris wrote
hernanmd wrote
I am not that convinced Smalltalk should be popular For me, the goal is "critical mass" - big enough where issues and new projects move forward with ease. And this is probably just a few hundred percent. Mass popularity brings in people disconnected from the vision. Smalltalk for me is prototype Dynabook software. If it was just "a better programming environment", I'd still use it, but I doubt there would still be a passionate dream for the future of humanity attached to it...
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