[NotRustAgain]

>> A single language needed to solve all problems is a fallacy.

> Has that been proven and do we have pointers to any peer reviewed papers on that?

I agree with you and can't stand it when people say things like: "All languages have their strengths and weeknesses" or "you just need to choose the right tool for the job".

I can't see any reason a clean and simple language can't have high level constructs when you want them and low level performance when you need it. It's just that no one has done it well enough yet.

[messel]

If you drill down far enough it's all binary or byte code. But on the way back up, there are variations of implementation in more than a single language.

Pseudo inception like self describing languages are close but never 100% self describing (this always blows my mind). Then there are languages implemented on top of C, and the many XVM languages (elixir built on the erlang virtual machine, JVM langs, etc)

Any particular language is almost always composed of multiple languages, so trying to craft one to solve all problems is an interesting problem.