Yes, this seems right.   In the 1970s I imagine all these different languages were essentially good for a specific purpose and for some time it&#x27;s been cross-breeding and evolving into a general purpose language.<p>This touches pretty close on PG&#x27;s idea of the 100 year language [1], which is worth re-reading so thought I&#x27;d mention.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;hundred.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;hundred.html</a>