there can't be a best language because programming languages differentiate themselves from the singular primordial language where everything is possible and nothing is definite by giving up some expressive power and gaining some invariants

programming language design is zero sum

this is a pretty abstract view and i'm not sure if it makes sense to other people

if your response is to point out the possibility of a worst language you're missing my point, which to be fair I'm not expressing very clearly

this has resulted in some amazingly insightful discussion so far <3

here are some responses liked in particular
1: https://twitter.com/tef_ebooks/status/1265475470881144832

2: https://twitter.com/KenoFischer/status/1265472110920687618

3: https://twitter.com/franananachi/status/1265483055373918210

4: https://twitter.com/lambdakitten/status/1265482484642447360