Thanks for your directions to wiki, but I don't need it as I was in the middle of most of these languages and their transitions.
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They are just as "specialized" as C .
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I'm affraid such is not the case. C is a direct result of the shortcomings of procedural languages and is ment to be a multipurpose (multiparadigm) language. As opposed to Lisp, Forth, Cobol. These three languages have all their special skills, but are weak for general programming and very weak when it comes to industry strength design.
I appreciate your input, teknomage. It's always good to go back to the basics. But like I mentioned, no matter what WiKi has to say, or anyone else for that matter, I have worked with these languages intensively and know their strength and weaknesses by heart.