I had a similar reaction. It seems that people don't know what they're missing by working on mature well established languages and platforms with all the benefi

I had a similar reaction. It seems that people don't know what they're missing by working on mature well established languages and platforms with all the benefits you listed. I read comments by people lamenting platforms like Delphi with a proper integrated environment - Java and C# seem to be the follow up today, but some people like to diss them without realizing what they're missing.