I believe you're missing the entire point of programming languages.
> All languages are equal
Only in the mathematical sense. In exactly the same sense that a pile of small rocks (calculi - where the word calculation came from) is equivalent in processing power to a Pentium.
No matter what your mental horsepower, a high-level language will allow you to accomplish more with a given amount of effort.
You are essentially arguing that tools don't matter, that a steam shovel ultimately offers no improvement over brute strength. Several millenia of human history beg to differ.
Words, on the other hand, require very, very little energy to be useful. That is the point - the effort and energy required to learn what "(void )func(void );" is useful for is equivalent to the energy required to learn what "jmp %ax" is useful for ..
You cannot compare word-working with hard working. Words are flat - they all require a similar environment in order to function, namely that of a fertile mind and the interest to watch them grow in the name of usage.
I really wish that it were somehow possible to force you to walk the walk and code only in assembler for the rest of your life. If all programming languages are truly equivalent, just why would this fate be so terrible?
Words, on the other hand, require very, very little energy to be useful. That is the point - the effort and energy required to learn what "(void )func(void );" is useful for is equivalent to the energy required to learn what "jmp %ax" is useful for ..
You cannot compare word-working with hard working. Words are flat - they all require a similar environment in order to function, namely that of a fertile mind and the interest to watch them grow in the name of usage.