From: Bill Guindon Date: 2006-06-06T13:04:29+09:00 Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future? On 6/5/06, James Britt wrote: > Francis Cianfrocca wrote: > > > An individual who > > really understands software development doesn't pick a programming language > > to concentrate on. He's productive in anything you tell him to use, and he > > doesn't particularly care either. > > > > Wow. That's surreal. > > I have a hard time imagining someone who really understands software > development and yet doesn't care if someone dictates what language is > used. And yet can be (equally, one hopes) productive whether working > with VB, Lisp, Cobol, or Brainfuck. Glad I wasn't the only one who was absolutely stunned by that statement. You expressed what I was thinking far better than I could have. Francis, if you truly have people that can produce quality code in the language of your choosing (at random), well, umm, pay them extremely well, lock them in a room, and never reveal their names, or they won't be yours for long. > > Because I'm a businessperson, I'm always struck that people would > > question the value of achieving greater acceptance for anything. > > Interesting. I'm always stuck by people who don't get think that > everything is fair game for questioning. Indeed. > -- > James Britt > > "Take eloquence and wring its neck." > - Paul Verlaine -- Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla) The best answer to most questions is "it depends".