The text examines the debate over which smart contract language is superior, focusing on Solidity and Vyper, and delves into four Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) languages: Solidity, Vyper, Huff, and Yul. It highlights that while Solidity and Vyper are high-level languages popular due to their ease of use and support in mainstream frameworks, Huff and Yul offer better gas efficiency due to their low-level nature. The article explains how languages like Solidity and Vyper provide safety checks and memory management, making them safer but potentially less gas-efficient than Huff and Yul, which execute only explicit instructions. It also discusses how Solidity's free memory pointer distinguishes it from Vyper in terms of gas costs and touches on the potential of combining Solidity and Yul for improved performance. The article concludes by acknowledging the ongoing evolution of these languages and hints at the emergence of new ones while emphasizing the suitability of Solidity and Vyper for general smart contract development.