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SlashData: Rust sees fastest growth, JavaScript still dominates (www.developer-tech.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

The language and its standard libraries lead developers towards common patterns. Javascript's standard library is pretty sparse excluding browser-only web apis, so there are tons of external libraries to fill the gap for better or worse.