Hmm won't this apply to any language and therefore not a valid argument? A: language FOO is a great language! B: You are telling lies because you are fluent in this language and ignore the problems in the language.
IME there are sort of two kinds of people here. People who are "fans" and defend "their" toy and people who don't. For example, I've been using Python for a very long time. I'm a "Senior Python Developer" so to speak. I quite like it for various purposes, but I can also talk your ear off about problems with Python.
I'd say if you run into someone who says they're experienced with X or love X etc., but they can't give criticism of it, they're most likely either not that experienced with X, or fanboys.
Yes. This is true of any environment. That's why I ask new hires to write down every WTF moment, every question and every idea for improvement they have as they get up to speed on our systems. Just because I'm used to avoiding a problem doesn't mean the problem must exist.
It seems to me there are two ways to evaluate the "beauty" of a language: there's the people who love the language theoretically (well constructed, coherent, nice typing, etc) and then there's people who love the usefulness/utility of the language.
For example, I hate python as a language (spaces syntax? Self,self,self, lack of static type, etc) but I've been using it lately and it's nice using it due to libraries, community,etc.
