Warp wrote:
>   Could there be, in some cases, some ego-boosting involved, of the kind
> "my language is higher-level than yours"?

I would certainly think so. While there are clearly a number of axes along 
which "high level" (or "powerful") can be measured, the relative importance 
is difficult to order.  Some people may find performance more important than 
safety, and vice versa, for an obvious example. Others may find ease of 
coding more valuable than assurance of correctness (leading to people 
complaining about "bondage and discipline languages").

I was thinking about this lately, but I haven't had time to write up a whole 
message. :-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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