I think you forgot to say something. Your comment would close out nicely with the classic: "Get off my lawn!"

If only countries took the position of the Songwriters Association of Canada: Pay a small monthly fee and pirating Canadian music is legal for you, and you can opt-out of the fee if you want. But even Canada doesn't agree with it's songwriters.

I guess that's just wishful thinking though. It seems that even if everyone (including the songwriters) want this, large corporations will still find a way to lobby the government so that they can support their tactics of bullying the consumer. And that's what it comes down to in most cases: large corporations and their government involvement.

"Should I suck it up and learn to do all my programming in C++/Java/(insert other well-supported, popular language here) and unlearn ten years of philosophy, or is there hope for the multi-language development process?"

No, DON'T unlearn ten years of philosophy. DO learn to do programming in C++/Java/(insert other, imperative programming language here).

Simply by learning a new language, you should not lose abilities and ideals you gained with others (goes for scripting too). You should build on your previous experiences. Experience in functional programming languages (and scripting) goes a long way for your ability to efficiently and effectively use an imperative language. This is why a lot of colleges and universities are starting to teach Scheme as an introductory language instead of Java.

There is hope for a multi-language development process, just make sure that your capable with the languages that are more prevalent