From: Richard Conroy <richard.conroy@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T21:06:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Joel Spolsky on languages for web programmingr

On 9/13/06, Bira <u.alberton@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read that - aren't his arguments a bit out-of-date, in the sense
> that they've been answered on this list several times? More
> specifically, I'm thinking of that huge "For Performance, Write it in
> C" thread, in which the conclusion seemed to be that the choice of
> algorithm had a much greater impact than the choice of language.

Haven't read those threads - I scanned them a few times like I did
with the unicode ones, but I got out quick. I am thick-skinned but
not fireproof.

IMO "For Performance, Write it in C" taken as it is written, seems
like a copout. If you are considering a language/framework/whatever
as your candidate for a new project, you usually want the answer
to be singular.

Language hybrid projects are rarely fun, especially if the second language
came in unforeseen, or as a workaround to a problem that the first
couldn't deal with.

The language bridge and marshalling can end up dominating the design
and dumbing down the strengths of your original language choice.