The Missing Programming Language - Why There's No S-Tier Language (Yet)

In this video we discuss the missing programming language. What I mean by an S-Tier language, why there is no current S-tier language, and the languages that come close. Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2026-01_missing-programming-language Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Programming Language Wish List 03:00 - My Definition of Expressive Types 07:05 - The Programming Language Landscape 09:45 - C# 12:50 - Kotlin 14:20 - TypeScript 17:10 - Go 18:40 - Rust 20:45 - Swift 21:55 - Java 23:45 - PHP 24:55 - F# 27:15 - Python 29:05 - Ruby 30:10 - C/C++ 31:00 - Gleam 32:10 - Lua 32:50 - Elixir 33:40 - Zig 34:25 - Why does this Gap exist? 39:50 - Is there hope for an S-Tier language? Links: - My 2025 Programming Language Tier List - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEIvl2Nuneg - The Programming Language Death Spiral - How Small Languages Die in the Age of AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Gf04W_ff8 About me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer building Simple Scalable Systems. Connect with me: - Website: https://hamy.xyz - Email List: https://hamniverse.substack.com/ - Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY - BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/sirhamy.bsky.social - Pod Cast: HAMY LABS POD - https://hamylabspod.buzzsprout.com/ # Support the Channel If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a HAMINIONs supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminions Supporters get: * Full source code access from courses / tutorials * Exclusive discounts on products / courses Plus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing! Additional ways to support: * YouTube channel members get early access to videos (sometimes weeks before they go public!) * Sponsor posts on the blog / channel: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors * Buy merch from my shop - https://shop.hamy.xyz/