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I think your comparisons are at the superficial "what does syntax look like" level. If you're thinking culturally, roles, what they're expected to be used for, what hires look like:

Elixir is the new Erlang. Ruby is dead (I used to <3 ruby). Go is the new python, zig is the new c, and rust is the new c++.



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