I agree, but I tend to view it as proof that we don't know what we're doing yet and, to some degree or other, all our programming tools are still awful. The bes

I agree, but I tend to view it as proof that we don't know what we're doing yet and, to some degree or other, all our programming tools are still awful. The best you can do is look at your problem and your preferences and choose the combination that gives you the least amount of awful currently available. That's pretty miserable, really. At least it pays reasonably well.