> Reading about finding and learning a programming language is like reading about an artist choosing a brush.

Wands are a much better metaphor to make. Or perhaps, what if you had a magic brush that could at any time be extremely fine or large or anywhere in between depending on how you felt? That would be some brush, especially when you compare it to the many medium sized brushes which aren't so fine when you need them to be.

Okay, so maybe the metaphor is still stretching a bit, but these are no ordinary brushes; they are worth writing about.