So what would a perfect programming language look like? I’d say: start with the best parts of C and the best parts of Python. Indentation for blocks by default, { } only for special circumstances.

With those caveats out of the way, let's take a look at which programming languages -- generally speaking, at least -- are good fits for web development. PHP When PHP debuted in the mid-1990s, many ...

That said, languages like Ruby handle this elegantly enough, and the perfect language terminates statements with parentheses anyway, more elegant tools from a more civilized age and all. More ...