From: Seth Thomas Rasmussen <sethrasmussen@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T10:25:37+09:00
Subject: Re: The economics of a slow but productive Ruby

Neil Wilson wrote:

> It's rarely a matter of economics and statistics. Essentially there is
> very little good scientific data on the relative merits of different
> development systems. Practically all you can find was done on
> productivity and sociology in development was done in the 70s and early
> 80s.
>
> Beyond that it is really a matter of faith.

Or in this case, mathturbation.

Seriously though, I can't wait until I can put a few numbers into a
computer and have it fart out all my decisions and actions for me.