This is exactly right. People are so invested in what they've learned that they are reluctant to give it up and try something new and different. Humans are crea

This is exactly right. People are so invested in what they've learned that they are reluctant to give it up and try something new and different. Humans are creatures of habit. For some reason, this has never afflicted me. I've used many languages and environments in my time (eg, FORTRAN, Tandem TAL, C/C++/C#/Objective-C, Java, Python, Go, and Smalltalk), and I've treated each and every one of them as a fun opportunity to play and learn. This is my intellectual playground and those languages are my toys! Smalltalk was completely different from everything else I had used over 20+ years, and it still didn't phase me. Go figure. Today, I continue to have a warm place in my heart for Smalltalk.