As an Italian native speaker, I do not fully agree.<p>Italian is great, but often is too much rhetorical and &quot;slow&quot; to convey a message, while English is quicker and allows you to &quot;hack&quot; the language in a unique way.<p>I do not love English, but I think that it is good enough and the quicker language to use out there (albeit one of the hardest to master properly).<p>Italian is excellent, especially compared to other (major) European languages (hello French and German). But it is not the quicker language to learn at an acceptable level IMHO.