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bingo Google: Go Microsoft: C# Sun/Oracle: Java almost all others: more on their own merits, from developers eyes (Python, Perl, C++, Ruby, Rust, D, Scala,

bingo Google: Go Microsoft: C# Sun/Oracle: Java almost all others: more on their own merits, from developers eyes (Python, Perl, C++, Ruby, Rust, D, Scala, LUA, JS, etc.) a language should have innate merits, of course, but never discount the advantages of having a single corporate entity with lots of cash and focus and a built-in install base of eyes

699 11y ago
I would say Mozilla is backing Rust, and Google is responsible for a lot of Python's success.
pjmlp 11y ago
Let me fix that list CNRI: Python AT&T: C++ Unisys: Perl EPFL: Scala 37signals: Ruby Mozilla: Rust
- wirrbel 11y ago
  37signals and ruby? They were involved with Rails, but did they sponsor Ruby?
  - masklinn 11y ago
    No, but IIRC Ruby had very little relevance/existence — at least outside Japan — before Rails.
    - wirrbel 11y ago
      for the point of the parent comment, ruby was chosen for its merits, not designed by 37 signals.