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A language cannot "survive the next 50 years" if people are too hidebound to refuse to let go of the current 50 year old language.

You are asking for the equivalent of those job listings that demand "10+ years experience" in a tech that's only been out for 5.

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You’re being rather unfair with your interpretation of my post there. I’ve clearly demonstrated in my writing that I’m in favour of other languages growing. There’s a huuuge gulf of difference between my point about praising platform stability and yours about saying newer languages would never get change to prove themselves. Actually what’s happening right now with Rust being trialed for Linux kernel development, which I’ve acknowledged when I said I hope Rust turns out to be more than a passing fad.

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