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"new hipster" programming languages:

Python 1.0: January 1994

PHP 1.0: june 1995

Ruby 1.0: December 1996

Sure, but if we're talking about these languages being "socially acceptable" for writing websites, they arrived a bit later to the party than PHP.

Granted, it still happened about a decade and a half ago, so I hoped the sarcasm using the word "new" would come through.

> I hoped the sarcasm using the word "new" would come through.

It did ;-) . But I frequently meet devs (young and old) that believe Python, Ruby and others are "new" languages. So I think it's worth mentioning they are not in any way.

Of course age does not equate maturity. Neither social acceptance.

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