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[Hewitt Tech]

I kind of like Eric Raymond's take on the various programming languages
generally available on UNIX platforms. Take a look at:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/taoup/chapter3.html

-Alex

P.S. For many programmers, it's the language they use every day that they
favor. What is obscure for the neophyte is business as usual for the
experienced programmer in that language.