I'll leave the roid rage against dynamic languages alone for now. A good programmer beats a good <language> programmer IMHO. I heartily disagree with this sta

I'll leave the roid rage against dynamic languages alone for now. A good programmer beats a good <language> programmer IMHO. I heartily disagree with this statement. I seriously doubt a good programmer can step into, say, C++ and work as effectively as they might in Java. They don't know how to manage memory well. They won't understand a lot of the nuances with pointers. They won't use a lot of the more subtle syntaxes a "good" C++ programmer will know. The same is true with Java or Python or (and I know this one from a good bit of experience) Ruby. Knowing your tools well is essential. Being a generalist is great until you actually have to do something.