Then we agree, I think. My point is that it is quite possible, even easy, to describe experiences with a language ("It was easier to communicate in Spanish in M

Then we agree, I think. My point is that it is quite possible, even easy, to describe experiences with a language ("It was easier to communicate in Spanish in Madrid"). But it is rather pointless to debate languages in isolation ("Spanish verb conjugations must lead to more powerful novels", or somesuch). The same applies to programming languages, I think.