[willtim]

> We do not observe large differences between and in companies based on language choice.

Hmm, I think it's pretty clear that most folks are far more productive in Python than say C++. But yes, I agree that there's no silver bullet, programming is hard.

[pron]

Well, not at all in the domains where C++ is normally used nowadays; that's why I talked about comparing reasonable choices. On the other hand, you can see how quickly people transitioned away from C++ to more appropriate alternatives in those domains where C++ is no longer used. It happened virtually overnight (same as the transition from Assembly to Fortran and from Fortran to C). When you don't see such a rapid transition it's usually a good sign that none of the alternatives offers a big advantage.