“Usually startups choose highly productive language”- This is called false economic.
Artur
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Artur, I agree with your thought, but statics says something different. Here is the startup report from AngleList. I personally feel that choose technology or language based on your need. which type of product you are building and what scale you are looking in near future.
Which Technologies Do Startups Use? An Exploration of AngelList Data
There's a lot of hype surrounding new programming languages, databases, and the like. I've always been curious about…codingvc.com
There's a lot of hype surrounding new programming languages, databases, and the like. I've always been curious about…codingvc.com
Observations:
- For great companies, the most popular languages are Javascript, Ruby, Python, and Java.
- For okay companies, the most popular languages are Javascript, Ruby, PHP, and Java.
- The likelihood that PHP is being used is strongly anti-correlated with company quality.
- The better the company, the more likely it is to be using modern and/or functional programming languages (i.e. Go, Scala, Haskell, Erlang, Clojure).