In article <3d8ae9eb@news.povray.org>,
 "Theo Gottwald *" <The### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:

> I just had the same discussion about "the world does not need one 
> more scripting language" in another newsgroup. It was not about POV 
> but about this:
> http://www.it-berater.org/tt-info.shtml
> (in german only - sorry). Its a scripting language specialized for doing
> desktop-automations.

I would say the answer will always be "yes". First, as you said, 
different languages are better at different problems. But also, a new 
language can try out wild ideas that would never be added to a 
widely-used existing language. A given language may never get more than 
10 users and never be used for any serious purpose, but if it works out 
a concept that turns out to be useful in a more successful language, it 
was a success. What would things be like if people never created a new 
language if there was already one that was "good enough"?

Plus, I believe that the more languages you know, the more ways of 
looking at problems you learn, the better you will be at programming. 
The book "The Pragmatic Programmer" (which I don't own, but plan to get) 
recommended learning at least one new language a year, to avoid getting 
stuck in a single mindset.
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/loty/

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