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Except for C
C is firmly in the "not fun" camp with PHP, JavaScript and Bash. I'd say even assembly is more fun, in a puzzle challenge sort of way.
The most fun language I've used is QuakeC, because the only thing you can do with it is write Quake mods. It was a pretty neat language too from what I remember. It even automatically detected infinite loops!
We all have different definitions of "fun." C won't surprise you when you try to add a string and an array; it'll do exactly what you told it to do, which then translates to assembly code with a very predictable pattern.
On a different note, bash scripting is well-defined and mostly consists of understanding that common tools can be chained together to provide useful output; combined with the very well-defined string operations, I've found that bash scripts can address over 99% of cases people try to throw sed and awk at. It's almost surprisingly powerful.
JavaScript is just a hot fucking mess.
Lol... I'm sure there's a meme or graph for where you are in learning C to believe this.
Even this is a stretch. Modern C compilers can do some wild transformations. I assume you've seen the classic one where UB makes it jump to a function that you never actually call.
Yeah I mean Bash's problem isn't that it's poorly defined - it's that the definition is awful!
I've been programming for 35 years, and professionally for over 20, so I'm pretty far along the curve, thanks.