There is something to be said for hard things looking hard. Personally, I'd rather that code be in Haskell than Java, because there are plenty of people with room-temperature IQs who think they can code in Java but would get beaten up and have their lunch money taken by something like Haskell.
I've heard about some really interesting Smalltalk systems, super high-reliability stuff. I'm sure SmallTalk helped some, but what I suspect helped more is that the kind of people who were off-the-beaten-path enough to have years of SmallTalk experience were well above average.
I've heard about some really interesting Smalltalk systems, super high-reliability stuff. I'm sure SmallTalk helped some, but what I suspect helped more is that the kind of people who were off-the-beaten-path enough to have years of SmallTalk experience were well above average.