Over the years, I watched languages being introduced as the last hope for the survival of Civilization as we know it. Each time I thanked the Unseen Forces because somehow my bosses managed to avoid falling into the tarpit with the giant sloths and Dilbert’s manager. I don’t know how they withstood the lure of hot air & buzz words when it came to languages–because they were never able to resist a sales pitch for hardware or application software. I guess I was saved by the fact that they hated to invest in training their employees–when they could throw money at strangers.