I definitely see that languages are just tools and you pick the right one for the job. I guess the confusion for me is, languages often have overlapping usecas

I definitely see that languages are just tools and you pick the right one for the job. I guess the confusion for me is, languages often have overlapping usecases with slightly different semantics/syntax. How do we objectively evaluate what is better? is it industry adoption? academic praise? im sure theres an answer to that but i havent went down that rabbit hole yet