> a programming language better than any we have now This is so purely subjective it makes my head spin. What makes a programming language _better_ than any ot

> a programming language better than any we have now This is so purely subjective it makes my head spin. What makes a programming language _better_ than any other? Surely the right tool for the job, and the tool that you have the most knowledge and experience in, is the 'best' programming language. It just strikes of that 'beginner-programmer' thinking where we latch onto language_x and then proselytise it for no other reason than we are proficient in it, without any self-awareness of our own opinions.