Programming languages are living phenomena: They're born, the
lucky ones that don't die in infancy live sometimes long,
fruitful lives, and then inevitably enter a period of decline.
Unlike real life, the decline can last many, many years as the
presence of large legacy codebases means practiced hands must
tend the code for decades. The more popular the language once
was, the longer this period of decline will be. White PapersMore
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emergence of a new language, however, is almost always tied to
needs in a specific sector. For example, Ruby's sudden adoption
when Ruby on Rails appeared, and Objective-C's surge, which
began in 2007 when the iPhone first shipped. So, understanding
the movements up or down the fluctuations as well as the trends
often delivers valuable in