> “There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.” Some of those languages that nobody uses, are really good,

> “There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.” Some of those languages that nobody uses, are really good, though. Programmers that learn them hit well above their weight-class in individual-productivity, and if they're lucky they get to support applications written in "dead" languages for fat stacks. Oh and they're often fun too -- who doesn't want to have fun for the 1/3rd of their life that we're supposed to be working? I think I understand that some people want to be popular more than they want to be good, but what I find really weird is the people who would rather be close to popular instead of close to good. What's the point?