All of the arguments that state some variant of, "X results in better programs, because X programmers are better, because X is hard," are ridiculous. Getting s

All of the arguments that state some variant of, "X results in better programs, because X programmers are better, because X is hard," are ridiculous. Getting software done is more about stubbornness and drive than it is about intelligence. I've known a number of very slow, irrational people who were extremely set on goals, and I've known even more brilliant people who could rarely see anything through to completion.