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You've missed the point a bit. Perhaps having everyone speaking English would be helpful -- but what if everyone spoke only English? Would the world then be better off?

With respect to this question, I think natural language is a very good analogy. And so is biological evolution. Diversity, exploration of thought, and experimentation with expressiveness are very important aspects of having and using different programming languages.



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