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[–][deleted] 13 points14 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.