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> On a recent thread ("Dead Batteries" ) I argued that Lua lost terrain over
> Python.
> 
> I won't bother anyone repeating what I already said, but I stumbled on this
> article which may explain something:
> 
> https://www.techrepublic.com/article/python-is-eating-the-world-how-one-developers-side-project-became-the-hottest-programming-language-on-the-planet/


1970: PL/I will be the language to rule them all.

1980: Ada will be the language to rule them all.

(1990: C++ will be the language to rule them all.)

2000: Java will be the language to rule them all.

2010: JavaScript will be the language to rule them all.

2020: Python will be the language to rule them all.

The dogs bark, the caravan marches on.

-- Roberto