Functional programming is hard to explain in a few paragraphs ... Last, but certainly not least, is Apple's own developed-in-house language, Swift. Engineer Chris Lattner began working on the ...

Why? For Kotlin and Swift, the answer comes down to new programming languages entering and competing within their niches. “Kotlin and Swift have the same reason why they are declining,” Jansen ...

and Swift has dulled, as all three fell from the top 20 and may be destined for obscurity. The world of programming languages is in a “consolidation phase,” with the top 20 most popular ...