So you are on the side of those relativist who think that all languages are equals or have their own fields of use where they are better than others, and that syntax doesn't matter, that indented or bracketed blocks are just a matter of taste, that cleanliness and homogeneity of syntax and grammar is subjective?
I dare to differ. Hiring a dev for things web, I could ask what language they prefer and why. Someone saying he prefers PHP because it is clean and well organised would get a downvote. If he says it is because it is fast, and that the dirtiness can be avoid by proper training, that would be better. To someone who'd say Ruby, I'd ask what he dislikes about it, or is there any pitfalls. If he knows of no pitfalls, I would have a downvote. Someone saying he don't care at all, would have a double downvote. A good answer would probably be "I'm happy to work with any language but if I have to build something new and can choose the technology I would consider python because I like this tool very much and I'm quite seasoned with it".
Same with code editor: Engineers, developers are using tools and if they have a little bit of a love affair with their job, which is necessary if one want to work hard creating a nice product, they probably have some strong feelings about these tools, which are not all made equal before God.
I regret I have but one upvote to give to your comment. :)
Instead I'll add this:
"Whenever I interview a candidate I always work in some variation of a very simple question: 'How would you change your favorite programming language to make it better?'
"I don’t really care what the answer is (that is, I don’t mind if we disagree). However, I care very much that people think critically about the tools that they use and love."
I dare to differ. Hiring a dev for things web, I could ask what language they prefer and why. Someone saying he prefers PHP because it is clean and well organised would get a downvote. If he says it is because it is fast, and that the dirtiness can be avoid by proper training, that would be better. To someone who'd say Ruby, I'd ask what he dislikes about it, or is there any pitfalls. If he knows of no pitfalls, I would have a downvote. Someone saying he don't care at all, would have a double downvote. A good answer would probably be "I'm happy to work with any language but if I have to build something new and can choose the technology I would consider python because I like this tool very much and I'm quite seasoned with it".
Same with code editor: Engineers, developers are using tools and if they have a little bit of a love affair with their job, which is necessary if one want to work hard creating a nice product, they probably have some strong feelings about these tools, which are not all made equal before God.