What Makes A Programming Language Good

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> "I quit being a professional programmer."
>
> I usually avoid discussions and dismiss out of hand opinions about  
> software development from those who no longer develop code (did that  
> recently with my boss, to cut off a discussion). Mostly for time saving,  
> it's not that I think they automatically wrong, or even likely to be  
> wrong.

We are still in the stone age of programming, what has changed in last 10  
years? Nothing.