>>Even if I were working in a team where each one has his specialty, there will always be too much differing opinion among the team members that will always result in a weak product. And then we have to hope that the team leader is a smooth talker.
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>I think you are dead wrong on this - there will be different opnions,wheter the developers use the same language ot not - this is just a matter of a good project leader.
>when you write self-contained (encapsulated) modules, it really shouldn't matter in what language they were developped it is up to the project leader to co-ordinate the efforts into a complete product
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>Arnon

Yes, I agree. The whole thing depends on a GOOD Project Leader. I haven't been fortunate enough to find one of those.