Interesting that you use the past tense. I am using such a language in the present. And it is working just fine. I have no need for Python but so many people are seemingly trying to coax me to use it. Such is the case for most of the verbose languages.

I do not understand all the constant discourse about languages. Personally I prefer to choose something simple and small, and stick to it. To increase convenience when working with these terse languages, I write code generators.

To me, it is not the language that matters (except as below), it is the programs that the author chooses to write and how those programs perform.

It is probably my own selective bias but I find that the smaller programs written in relatively terse languages tend to be of higher quality. When I see a verbose language used to write a program, I am reluctant to use the program. But I would never suggest that someone else make the same decisions. I believe one should think for herself.

There is not so much discussion about the terse languages I use. I am inclined to think this is a good thing. Then I can focus on the choice of the programs the author chooses to write instead of her choice of language.