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1. Write down all the garbage-collected languages you've heard of (from Java to Erlang to whatever) on index cards, one language a card
2. Pin all of them up on a nearby wall
3. Throw a few darts at the cards blindfolded and look at what languages the darts landed on or near
4. Pick one of those and write assloads of maintainable, bug-free code in it.
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1. Write down all the garbage-collected languages you've heard of (from Java to Erlang to whatever) on index cards, one language a card
2. Pin all of them up on a nearby wall
3. Throw a few darts at the cards blindfolded and look at what languages the darts landed on or near
4. Pick one of those and write assloads of maintainable, bug-free code in it.