[etblg]

Could you elaborate on what you think a better direction for creating a programming language would be? I'm not sure I follow how that would be done in a way that isn't like the list you described. I don't see someone wandering out of a cave and unveiling a p-lang that didn't build off of known drawbacks of past languages.

[d13]

I think that's part of the problem - none of us have yet the conceptual ability to see what the answer is. We're just scratching symbols on cave walls. Until some massive unexpected breakthrough or insight, it seems like programming languages are doomed to continue circling the same old ground.