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		mihaaly on May 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Am I too old to create a popular programming langu... Creating programming language for the sake of creating programming language is not too smart or useful thing. Have a real problem to solve first please. If the main goal is to be popular go instead and be a movie star or a singer. Or if too old for that then be the President of the United States.

renewedrebecca on May 19, 2024 [–]

Doing something just for the fun of it is enough.

mihaaly on May 20, 2024 | [–]

The premise is here creating a popular (i.e. for everyone, used broadly) language, not how to spend the boring Saturday evenings.

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