Comment by kragen

I like C, have a probably unhealthy relationship with C++ where I am amazed by what it can do and then get unrealistic expectations it keeps failing to fulfill, and don't really like Java.

You know Julia Ecklar's song where she says that programming in assembler is like construction work with a toothpick for a tool? I feel like C, C++, or Java are like having a teaspoon instead. Maybe Java is a tablespoon. I'd rather use something like OCaml or a sane version of Python without the Mean Girls community infighting. I just haven't found it.

On the other hand, the supposedly more powerful languages don't have a great record of shipping highly usable production software. There's no Lisp or Ruby or Lua alternative to Firefox, Linux, or LLVM.