Why are there so many programming languages?
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Programming languages are words used to mean specific things – usually actions. Languages can have more words to mean more specific things, but there is a cost. You have to learn more words and how to use them.
Planting a seed means putting a seed in the ground and possibly covering it up so that it is ready to grow. If you are a farmer, having the word “planting” is helpful as you probably say it a lot. If you are a janitor in a city you may never use the word planting and having had to learn it in school was just annoying and took time away from something else.
So computer languages are written to have planned uses. Some are for general use, some are for very specific uses. They words in the programming language are then created to be generally useful or to do that specific thing.
Basically think of programming languages as having the jargon of different jobs. If you are a doctor you want a doctor language, if you are an auto mechanic you want an auto mechanic language.
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