From: Isaac Gouy Date: 2005-12-24T03:07:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel and Ruby Stephen Kellett wrote: > In message , > gwtmp01@mac.com writes > >At one level I understand this point of view. But at the same time, how > >difficult is it to read a book? > > Very, if you are too tired to take it in. If you are busy with work and > have a young family I doubt it would be that easy. > > >If your professional and personal life is > >so busy that you can't find time to read a book or to learn about a new > >topic then I think your priorities need to be re-evaluated. I'm not > >saying > > Thats an easy statement to make but it ignores each the circumstances > surrounding each person. I agree with you and I'm sure the chap I was > talking with does too, but its clear he has no business reason to go > that route - his time is more effectively spent elsewhere. Exactly! His time is more effectively spent elsewhere. When somethings demonstrably >10x "better" we need to learn and change, otherwise it's probably more effective to build on existing expertise. > > I think he'd be more interested in reading about a new technology he can > use without ditching his currently favoured language(s). Which is partly > where Mr Eckel is coming from (referring to Django rather than changing > languages and learning Rails) > > Stephen > -- > Stephen Kellett > Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/software.html > Computer Consultancy, Software Development > Windows C++, Java, Assembler, Performance Analysis, Troubleshooting