Stephane Dalbera: “Faced with every crusade proclaiming that a particular language is the miracle cure that will save the world of computing, I always remind people that if we ever reach the point where only the strengths and weaknesses of languages remain to be addressed to achieve “perfection,” software engineering will have made more progress than it has in the past fifty years.

We often fight the wrong battle when we focus on language issues, probably because they are the easiest to debate and where there can be a significant emotional involvement.” Link