I would say that after 20+ years career OO plus functional elements have been a good default. Maybe I missed opportunities where symbolic computations were impo

I would say that after 20+ years career OO plus functional elements have been a good default. Maybe I missed opportunities where symbolic computations were important and limited myself with languages like C++ that prefer OO/functional approaches... I can't go back and try something else to know =) I might agree with your hot take in sense that leaving choice is important though.