Yes, I was (somewhat accidentally) paraphrasing Stepanov. It’s been a while since I read that. But actually, I think “pick the right paradigm for the task” nee

Yes, I was (somewhat accidentally) paraphrasing Stepanov. It’s been a while since I read that. But actually, I think “pick the right paradigm for the task” needs the qualification of “…within your other constraints”. The most expressive language for a job might not work in your situation—whether for reasons of efficiency, of maintainability (i.e., finding maintenance programmers), or of interoperability with the rest of your stack.