Haha. What a poorly reasoned article. Smalltalk and lisp - seriously??? Java was designed for the average programmer, nothing complex, all simple stuff, and it

Haha. What a poorly reasoned article. Smalltalk and lisp - seriously??? Java was designed for the average programmer, nothing complex, all simple stuff, and it's been very successful. Meanwhile, smalltalk and lisp are minority languages that appeal to very few. Other than emacs can anyone think of any successful app that is written in either? Good design has nothing to do with users and its easy, as this article does, mix aesthetics for design. The 911 was expensive, hard to drive with its engine hanging out over the rear end and not even comparable with the caddy. Even c, who uses that much anymore? Software development (unlike the 911) has evolved, today the level of abstraction is much higher. There is still c development of course, but java, python, ruby, and php are the dominant languages.