Yes, this seems right. In the 1970s I imagine all these different languages were essentially good for a specific purpose and for some time it's been cross-bre

Yes, this seems right. In the 1970s I imagine all these different languages were essentially good for a specific purpose and for some time it's been cross-breeding and evolving into a general purpose language. This touches pretty close on PG's idea of the 100 year language [1], which is worth re-reading so thought I'd mention. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html