Well, now you have to define better. What makes one programming language better than another? For some people, a better is a more elegant mathematical model.

Well, now you have to define better. What makes one programming language better than another? For some people, a better is a more elegant mathematical model. For others, better is popularity. Still others favor raw performance, portability, or ease of learning. Someone who absolutely loves parentheses and capital letters would probably favor LISP 1.5 over Clojure.