Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.

Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things.

What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?

I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.

Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.

What about writing it first and rationalizing it afterwards?

Information wants to be useful.