Science is much more 'sloppy' and 'irrational' than its methodological image. Paul Feyerabend, Against Method (1975) Programming languages are a fascinating area because they combine computer science (and logic) with many other disciplines including sociology, human computer interaction and things that cannot be scientifically quantified like intuition, taste and (for better or worse) politics. When we talk about programming languages, we often treat it mainly as scientific discussion seeking some [...]