I'm old enough that at some point assembly and C were my favourite languages and PHP was what I was most productive in and Python was also something I enjoy.
These days no way I go back for new projects.
After Java "clicked" for me and the introduction of Java generics shortly afterwards it became my favourite language and later TypeScript and C# had been added to that list.
I'm not to dumb, but I prefer using my smarts to develop programs, to work together or even pair program with the language to mold something, not to babysit languages that cannot even help me with trivial mistakes.
Is not the point, that a language with optional typing can help you out with trivial mistakes, if you give it sufficient information? Java makes (made?) you give all the info all the time, even when you do not need its help. Java holds your hand in an annoying way. TypeScript does not because you can gradually add types to your program, but is based on the shakier foundations of JS.
Good languages with good IDE support?
I'm old enough that at some point assembly and C were my favourite languages and PHP was what I was most productive in and Python was also something I enjoy.
These days no way I go back for new projects.
After Java "clicked" for me and the introduction of Java generics shortly afterwards it became my favourite language and later TypeScript and C# had been added to that list.
I'm not to dumb, but I prefer using my smarts to develop programs, to work together or even pair program with the language to mold something, not to babysit languages that cannot even help me with trivial mistakes.