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On 29-Jan-20 17:20, Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
1970: PL/I will be the language to rule them all.

1980: Ada will be the language to rule them all.

(1990: C++ will be the language to rule them all.)

2000: Java will be the language to rule them all.

2010: JavaScript will be the language to rule them all.

2020: Python will be the language to rule them all.

The dogs bark, the caravan marches on.

Well said :-)

I have seen many "rule them all" languages: Pascal, Modula-2, Perl... even Basic in its heyday. Beware of the toolbox with a single fixed-size wrench.

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  Enrico