FWIW, I've been programming in C since the early 80s as well as....
I've been a LabVIEW programmer for the last 11 years and use it exclusively for the neurofeedback software that I've developed. Not only does that program perform real time analyses that no other neurofeedback software does (or can), it's offline Analytic capabilities are also unsurpassed. While I'm sure that there are application arenas in which some other specific language might be superior -- esp if one is already well versed in the other language -- for ease of use, generalizability of use, scalability and extensibility I know of no other more powerful language. And it's actually quite easy to learn, which is both a plus and a minus. And to be clear, I've implemented functionality using LabVIEW that others said couldn't be done in LabVIEW. Your individual circumstances may, of course, vary considerably from mine but the idea that LV is a "toy" or "not a real programming language" or "unusable for serious development work" is really ludicrous.
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FWIW, I've been programming in C since the early 80s as well as.... I've been a LabVIEW programmer for the last 11 years and use it exclusively for the neurofeedback software that I've developed. Not only does that program perform real time analyses that no other neurofeedback software does (or can), it's offline Analytic capabilities are also unsurpassed. While I'm sure that there are application arenas in which some other specific language might be superior -- esp if one is already well versed in the other language -- for ease of use, generalizability of use, scalability and extensibility I know of no other more powerful language. And it's actually quite easy to learn, which is both a plus and a minus. And to be clear, I've implemented functionality using LabVIEW that others said couldn't be done in LabVIEW. Your individual circumstances may, of course, vary considerably from mine but the idea that LV is a "toy" or "not a real programming language" or "unusable for serious development work" is really ludicrous.