[LorenzoLlamas]

A few people mentioned Python. Me, too. I left PHP (mostly) and can't stand the ascendency of JavaScript for everything under the sun (it's madness right now). I recently chose Python as my "go to" language for everything after reading a compelling post on Java for everything (not a typo). But I just don't like messy C-based languages like Java.

If someone would pay me big bucks one day for Java, I'd do it and program cool little machines and gadgets with it, but I love the web a lot and I am not about to continue the shoe-horning of Java and the Web (don't start with me).

So, I like Python for everything. Good web stuff. Great scripting and command line. Good for the Internet of Things (if you want to go down that path). Good for writing desktop. And yes, you could do games and mobile (although I admit the shoe-horning begins to show a little here). But I'm not in that space so much, so I accept that. And its pretty and stable (like Ruby) while not being quite as pretentious as Ruby.

Someone wrote WebAssembly. While not a language.... yes, yes, yes... I'm very excited about it. Because do you not SEE the reality that soon we could be writing web code on web pages with pre-compiled speedy fun stuff but written in our language of choice, including Python? Is no one talking about this? It will just take someone writing a Web Assembly Compiler (not sure if that will be the right terminology) in your language of choice. Oh. My. Goodness. Death to JavaScript. Maybe. Or at least an arm lopped off its torso.