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Other noticeable trends can be explained by specifics to GitHub. The trend line for Ruby on Rails, for example, is likely due to the fact the programming language has been on GitHub since 2008.

"The hate for a language is directly proportional to the popularity, so the most hated also tends to be the most popular or the most threatening," said VMware's director of engineering.

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How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.