"Well I don't give a damn about my bad reputation."

[TDarcos]

Is trivially easy to learn. ...

What idjet bitches about that?

The ones that declare, without ever having learned a language, that it's no good for certain types of applications. I mean, there are some features that are in certain languages that are brilliant, and others that are brain-dead moronic.

Let's look at C. Absolutely brilliant: the "symbol =" notation, e,g. a +=5 instead of a = a+5; a *= b instead of a= a*b etc. Brain dead moronic: case sensitivity of identifiers. It's hard enough keeping all the variables and manifest constants in a program in your head, now you also have to remember the capitalization of them. It also increases the possibility of confusion, if you have multiple variables with the same spelling.

I mean, I am neither a language bigot nor a word processor bigot. I use both Word Perfect and Open Office/Libre office. I also use QB64, QB64 PE, wxBasic, Free Basic, Free Pascal, and when necessary, C and C++. Each has strengths and weaknesses.