https://www.feoh.org/enContents © 2026 <a href="mailto:feoh@feoh.org">Chris Patti</a> <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"> <img alt="Creative Commons License BY-NC-SA" style="border-width:0; margin-bottom:12px;" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png"></a>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:25:23 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://www.feoh.org/posts/is-it-just-me.htmlcpatti<p>Or has the number of new programming languages been increasing exponentially of late?</p> <p>I don't just mean the number of new languages being <strong>invented</strong>, because that's always been the case, but the number which are actually garnering a fair bit of tech buzz?</p> <p>In the last few months, I've heard a LOT about Clojure, Scala, Factor, and most recently Google's Go.</p> <p>I can't help but wonder if maybe we should stop inventing new programming languages and paradigms, and maybe focus on using the ones we have already more effectively and creatively.</p> <p>Then again, maybe I'm just getting old :)</p>clojurecomputersdevelopmentfactorgoinventionlanguagesprogrammingscalatechnologyhttps://www.feoh.org/posts/is-it-just-me.htmlFri, 13 Nov 2009 19:18:00 GMT