I searched in vain for a comment remarking on how computer programming is dominated by fads and fashions. So let me be the one. It's just a fashion. There is no

I searched in vain for a comment remarking on how computer programming is dominated by fads and fashions. So let me be the one. It's just a fashion. There is no theory or rationale or purpose behind the choice of any of these languages except "what is in fashion now".