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Thankfully yes - I am still in the Haskell camp - a language should avoid becoming too popular and stay interesting! (changes won’t piss too many people off, and keep things fresh)
I think Elixir is definitely on track to becoming one of the most popular back-end languages around. The following certainly supports the notion - early adopters are willing to pay a premium for the tech of tomorrow:
