I don't know, x being a potential replacement for y doesn't say all that much. You could have been writing Java or C++ for the past 25 years and got loads of stuff done, solved problems, shipped software, made money etc.

Languages are fun to think about but you don't always need to be concerned with every vocal minority of programmers that like to talk about how their language is better than yours. Sometimes that replacement is better and sometimes those people are wrong. But even when they're right, being marginally better isn't that big of deal, or nearly enough to make for a viable rewrite or change of language.