give me the right assembly programmers and I can rule the world

You're a bit late. They already do rule the world (of computing). It's all that low-level stuff that turns your computer on when you press that power button... ;-)

Just like Eddie Wilson said it's 'words and music,' for us it's 'developer and tool.' The right pairing is a thing of beauty and the wrong pairing is destined for the unemployment line and the waste heap of history.

I fully agree to that statement. While a good developer can use any programming language, only the right language - matched to the developers mindset and the given problem - will lead to an elegant solution.