I think this points to a difference that I don't see highlighted enough - influential doesn't mean best. If you are stuck on a plane are you going to watch cit

I think this points to a difference that I don't see highlighted enough - influential doesn't mean best. If you are stuck on a plane are you going to watch citizen kane or something from the last couple of years. What about an Akira Kurosawa movie? They top film critics' lists of the 'best' movies, but really they are some of the most influential movies of all time. Lisp and Haskell aren't the 'best' languages to use the vast majority of the time, but they heavily influential and have contributed a lot to computer science.