>Jim,
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>>"Able" and "master" are very different things and the comment was about mastery.
>
>I don't think anyone would consider a "Hello WOrld" app as mastery of a language.

Looked at many resumes lately? Seems like they all have 10-15 languages listed, even though they're fresh out of school and couldn't even pass simple tests given them in their stated "preferred" language.