Good point. Most of these "look how much better we did with X tool" comparisons usually have a strong sample bias in that the X team are highly motivated and t

Good point. Most of these "look how much better we did with X tool" comparisons usually have a strong sample bias in that the X team are highly motivated and talented. X probably does help them quite a bit, but perhaps not as much as indicated, especially once the thinks-in-Blub (and loves it!) lumpen-programmers get added to the project :-( I'd really like to move out of 1960s tech into 1970s tech, someday (e.g. - from Simula-67-inspired to Scheme/Smalltalk-inspired environments)