Lately I've been reading more about Ruby on Rails -- actually it has been rather entertaining, colorful, testy, and somewhat enlightening. One important aspect of programming is the ability to analyze, understand, and adapt. I have been using more Python lately in work as well as JavaScript and it has been enjoyable although I still like and prefer C#. Sometimes I wonder how many programmers get fixated on specific language features that in turn becomes a "must have" or requirement for any language he or she uses. That isn't to say the feature is not important but rather usually the...