[uniqueuid]

The discussion of what makes good and bad languages has been going on for centuries, and regularly brings up good and interesting points that some might not have heard before.

Your post is very broad and mixes different criteria: Popularity, aesthetics, usability, speed etc. You argue that people like different languages; some people irrationally like some and dislike others; not all programmers apply the same evaluation criteria.

The problem is - all of these are old arguments, and calls for open-mindedness are nothing new. I'd find it much more interesting if you talked about a technical, concrete example how one can benefit from open-mindedness. E.g.: Decouple your modules so you can use different languages side-by-side; write the same code in two languages so you can battle-test your implementations etc.

[ktulurules]

Obviously this discussion is not new. I tried to point out (with no success I guess) the fact that most developers adopt languages in a religious way, and criticize others ignoring the most basic reasons behind these languages.

Thanks for your comments.

[uniqueuid]

Since you're a computer scientist - do you have an example for reasons behind languages that are misunderstood or unknown? I'd love to read a post about that.

[ktulurules]

That is an interesting idea for a future post. Thanks.