I like to think of programming languages as tools. You should always pick the right tool for the job. Otherwise, someday you will pick up your hammer and real

I like to think of programming languages as tools. You should always pick the right tool for the job. Otherwise, someday you will pick up your hammer and realize not everything is a nail. Language design is all about trade-offs. Some languages are better at string processing, some make it easy to write quick scripts, some have good framework support, some have high speed, none has it all.