And then later you come across Haskell :P. Everything you could possibly want in a language, and far less wish-washy than the rest; a perfect testament to the f

And then later you come across Haskell :P. Everything you could possibly want in a language, and far less wish-washy than the rest; a perfect testament to the fact that theory and practice are not at cross purposes. Sure it's not perfect, but I posit that it's a local maximum for most tasks.