> I'd leave C and C++ out of the mix if you're not forced to do low level > stuff. C# is powerful enough and it might be a good mix together with Ruby > (as replacement for VB?). I'd agree except that I really need to learn C++. It would really help Rails adoption at my company to have an ISAPI RailsRunner for example. Of course I agree 100% about c#, and I'm certainly planning on writing plenty of it in the future, but for now, I just want to make sure Ruby gets a strong foothold. At least until Rite arrives. ;-) All of you have really helped make some great contributions to my efforts though, and I appreciate the comments.