State of programming

In my normal browsing, I ran across the following article on the STSC site.

Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?

It validates my belief of using the appropriate tool to accomplish the job at hand. There is no single language suited to aptly solve every issue, just as there has never been a hardware platform designed for all environments. As in carpentry, the key to being successful is knowing which tool in your toolbox will allow you to complete the task at hand.