[dkersten]

Haha thanks. Funny thing is, I’ve been a long time Python fan, learning it in 2001 and using it extensively for a long time. But then I learned Clojure, Typescript, and recently Rust and I’ve found Python to be quite flawed. But it sure does have a cult following.

[eager_learner]

:) I use Python as well-- so i am not anti-Pythonic in any strict sense. However, I don't like culltification of technology, be it Python or whatever else. Have you tried F#? It gave me a very good experience.

[dkersten]

Only briefly for fun (and OCaml too but very long ago). F# does seem like a language I feel I could really like, though.

I’ve tinkered a little in Gleam and Elixir too. Elixir was incredibly enjoyable, and Gleam is a wonderful language that I wish I could work with more, but I don’t really have a use case for it and nobody will pay me to write it…

Back in 2009, I also spent a few months playing with Factor (before switching to Clojure because despite Clojure being niche, Factor was even more so). It was an interesting and somewhat mind bending experience.