Or Perl, or C. After all, even PHP was once a new hipster language.
Of course, it's good to be skeptical of the current hyped flavor of the moment. But some languages really are better than others for specific tasks, and new languages do sometimes improve on their predecessors.
Of course, it's good to be skeptical of the current hyped flavor of the moment. But some languages really are better than others for specific tasks, and new languages do sometimes improve on their predecessors.