[brlewis]

In photography, there are way more other things to worry about than what kind of camera you're using, but you'll notice the pros don't use point-and-shoot.

A piano concert's quality depends much more on the pianist than the piano, but you'll notice the pros don't give concerts on uprights.

If you have a choice of several languages, it is, all other things being equal, a mistake to program in anything but the most powerful one.

[Zak]

True, but all other things are rarely equal. I recently talked to a client about building a simple online project tracking app. I think it would be a mistake to use anything but Rails, as the application is already more than half done as soon as Rails is installed.