So the tool of the "top programmer(s)" is a tool to write code that writes code (macros). Then the average programmer glues the pieces together. I know this works because I have proven the concept, albeit in a rather crude way, using Lisp to generate C#. 400 lines of a Lisp DSL generate 25,000 lines of working C# app.

So if we focus on a different aspect of language development, where the .NET or Java VMs are merely the intermediate language, we can have a good high level language, and full intereoperability with components. It is also easier to introduce new languages and concepts to the top programmer in an organization, than to the programming community at large.