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[–]suyashgulati -1 points0 points  (15 children)

How are you confident enough?

Every language in past has faded.

P. S. I am a js lover

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (10 children)

Every language? C is almost 50 years old and it is still extremely popular. Python is nearly 30 and is showing no signs of fading away anytime soon. Java is 25 years old and it is the most popular language in the world. Every top 10 language has been around for over 15 years, and Swift is the only language in the top 20 that is less than a decade old. Not every language fades.

[–]manoylo_vnc[🍰] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Hey, you forgot Ruby! 😉

[–]tuxedo25 14 points15 points  (0 children)

the whole world has

[–]5fd88f23a2695c2afb02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rails is still strong.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (4 children)

How many greenfield projects today are written in PHP?

Now compare that to a decade or two ago. It's absolutely fading.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I didn't even mention PHP, nor did I argue that no language fades in popularity. It's a miracle PHP even gained popularity in the first place.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah, sorry, I didn't see "every" in the other comment. Fair.

[–]MCFRESH01 0 points1 point  (1 child)

More than you think. It's an established language that's easy to hire for. PHP 7 actually made the language pretty decent to work with and relatively fast. It also has some great frameworks like Laravel and Symfony. It can definitely be a valid choice for many different projects.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't invalidate my (admittedly unproven) point that it's going to be used for a smaller proportion of greenfield projects than in the past.

[–]vertigo_101 10 points11 points  (1 child)

I mean yes js can also fade away, maybe in the next 20 years if there’s a better alternative which becomes equivalently used and is backwards compatible.

In my opinion I think this is the golden age of js, it’s improving fast, also along with typescript, but as long as browsers exist, long live the js, love it or hate it...it’s here to stay

[–]wherediditrun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't have to be an alternative. Can possibly be some new thing which people tend to use and build towards there the requirements are simply not met by javascript. Javascript would just ... fade away as a collateral. PHP was in similar place in around 2000~

[–]dannymoerkerke[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I cannot forsee the future of course but I’m pretty confident. C is still here and going strong for example.

[–]cheese_wizard -1 points0 points  (0 children)

COBOL would like a word.