In spite of all the Java bashing that's so in vogue this days, Team Smartass won the ICFP Programming Contest using Java, giving bragging rights to say that Java is "The programming tool of choice for discriminating hackers".
while(tongue in cheek){
take(this);
(lisp (snobs all))
fuctional_programing = Maybe[zealots]
ruby('fanboys')
}
Another proof of what matters is not the tool, is how you use it...