> So if a choice must be made between superior language and reasonable amount of time, project managers usually choose reasonable amount of time. Sure. Of cour

> So if a choice must be made between superior language and reasonable amount of time, project managers usually choose reasonable amount of time. Sure. Of course project managers usually choose deadlines over people, then when talented people burn out and leave, they wonder why talents are so difficult to keep. We know what the safe choice is: hire average programmers who see programming languages as interchangeable, and are themselves interchangeable. No worries about competitors, for they are doing the same. Nothing wrong with that, but please let's not pretend things are any different.