You see, people tend to get hooked up on features of the language they are using especially if they have very limited choice of languages they know. They will v

You see, people tend to get hooked up on features of the language they are using especially if they have very limited choice of languages they know. They will vehemently defend their point of view fortified by whole range of cognitive biases. Their combined effect like more alcohol to the drunk to make him feel strong and able to overcome bouncers. I personally believe no person who can't program in both assembly and lisp should call themselves real/full programmers because they have not been exposed to full range of concepts. You have to, of course, start somewhere. But until you have experienced full variety of possible language features you are not really qualified to discuss any them with any authority. See also Blub Paradox (http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html) by the very author of this site.