So, a lot of people here can attest that indeed it is more productive to work in Smalltalk than in other languages, and that is the reason why this *myth* persist. Maybe subjective, maybe not. We know that when we work in Smalltalk and think how much more time/work/effort/boredom will take to do the same on other languages.

There are two factors to consider here [1] Languages which do things well that others cannot [2] Best Management Practices As for [2], I shared my experience with Extreme Programming in http://xpdx.org/files/ExtremeSuccess XP is not for every project, just every one I would want to work on. I also noted that if you can't afford to fail, you need to use a Dynamic Language such as Lisp, Scheme, or Smalltalk. See [1]. If you can afford to fail, you can write it in any language. I prefer to "cherry pick" things that work. $0.02, -KenD PS: I will ba away from computers for a week.