The problem they forget to mention is that Diane's skills stagnate. Sure she did better this time, but Jack has learned more. Next time through his solution w

The problem they forget to mention is that Diane's skills stagnate. Sure she did better this time, but Jack has learned more. Next time through his solution will be faster and have less errors. If everyone was like Diane and just chose what they knew we'd still be coding in Assembly and be nowhere near the throughput and capability we have now. I often will try multiple implementations if I have the time, break the problem down to something simple I can do with a few languages and tools in a day, contrast them when I'm done and then go full scale with the one that seems a good fit. More times than not it ends up being a combination of all the solutions I tried because it gives me a chance to discover the strong points in each.