Agree w/ siblings that this is a great comment. I'd like to amplify it. A lot of imperative languages end up being really similar once you've learned a few of

Agree w/ siblings that this is a great comment. I'd like to amplify it. A lot of imperative languages end up being really similar once you've learned a few of them. I'm not an expert on PL history but, AIUI, ALGOL was the progenitor for many modern languages, especially imperative ones. So it makes sense as to why, but there are paradigms other than imperative or even functional. Of course this is not to say that all imperative languages are the same. Rather it is to say that alikeness is relative. Relative to C, Java is quite different. Relative to Prolog or Forth, C and Java are more similar than not. If anyone really wants to expand their brain to new ways of thinking wrt programming, I think exploring these off-the-beaten-path programming languages is a great idea. I agree that many people around you will think you're nuts. As long as you don't lose your sense of practicality, pragmatism, and/or proportion, you shouldn't listen to them.