Why new programing languages succeed -- or fail

Posted on March 15, 2012 at 06:00 AM EDT

There are so many programming languages available today that it's almost impossible to keep track of them all. You've never heard of most of them. But why not? Why do some languages gain mainstream recognition while others don't ?

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