Keep a sticky note next to your desk and, while you're learning, make a mark every time the answer to "Why does it do that?" or "How do I do this?" has a seemin

Keep a sticky note next to your desk and, while you're learning, make a mark every time the answer to "Why does it do that?" or "How do I do this?" has a seemingly random or counterintuitive answer. In a year, that's the tally of how terrible or great a language is. Bad languages don't just make bad choices, they make bad choices and then make different choices for other, similar questions that should be related.