I am a collector of languages. Not that I understand them, nor use them, I just like the way they look hanging up on my virtual wall. ("Ahh, yass. I collected that beast on SourceForge. Demmed difficult it was, too!") 8D

As to BASIC, I use it for either its string-manipulation, or for its Communications commands. Neither C nor Pascal (AFAIK) can beat "OPEN COM1: FOR INPUT AS #3".

I like Psscal's range checking (var ST : array[1..MaxEntry] of Symbol;), but I dislike the "Forward" kluge.

One of my gripes with C is multiple closing braces:
}
}
}
}

... very difficult to follow, even if proper indenting is used. Of course, comments may help:

} /* endif */
} /* end if */
} /* end while */
} /* end function */

but why not have them in the language itself?

And don't get me started about Python and indenting!

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Languages are TOOLS! A good mechanic has more than one tool in his toolbox, and knows their strengths and weaknesses: A screwdriver may be used as a pry bar, or a wrench as a hammer, but there are tools made (the pry bar and the hammer) specifically for that job.

--Rich