From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-09-10T04:35:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Joel Spolsky on languages for web programming

Phlip wrote:
> Joel Spolsky wrote:
> 
>> [Ruby is slow] so if you become The Next MySpace,
>> you'll be buying 5 times as many boxes as the .NET guy
>> down the hall.
> 
> Last time I checked, 5 new boxes were cheaper than 5 new programmers...
> 

That isn't the point.

1. Five new experienced .NET programmers are cheaper than five new
experienced Rails programmers.
2. One new box is cheaper than five new boxes.

Now: would you like to debate whether a Rails programmer can produce at
five times the rate of a .NET programmer, given equivalent tools and
processes? Or would you like to join me in efforts and advocacy to speed
Ruby up, which seems to me a more productive use of time?