Comment Re:What do you want to program? (Score 1) 997
Okay, I didn't mean they were "fake." I just meant they were unwieldy, in my experience, for writing something like a web browser or some other major desktop app. I wholeheartedly support shell scripting! It's very important.
I still mean to say that you need to know what you are looking to write before you go choosing a language. Certain languages are suited to some things and not others.