From: Jacob Fugal <lukfugl@...>
Date: 2006-09-12T13:50:10+09:00
Subject: Re: The economics of a slow but productive Ruby

On 9/11/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> Jacob Fugal wrote:
> > [1] It's interesting to note however that 67% of that figure is still
> > in paid salaries, rather than the cost of the hardware itself. If
> > you've got a super sysadmin who can manage 100 boxes (and you better
> > be paying them at least 80K if they are that super), the hardware
> > budget will scale a lot better. There's a lot to be said for getting
> > your hands on a good sysadmin...
>
> Ah, but does SuperSysAdmin have to use a slow scripting language?

As others have mentioned, the scripts used by sysadmins aren't really
CPU intensive nor too dependent on the host language speed. So it's a
moot point. :)

Jacob Fugal