From: andy@... (Andrew Hunt)
Date: 2001-11-17T05:28:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25657] Re: Ruby jobs

On 11 Jul 2001 23:45:34 GMT, Todd Gillespie 
<toddg@linux127.ma.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Andrew Hunt <andy@toolshed.com> wrote:
> : Outstanding!  Now if the yanks over here would get their
> : act together, I could throw out this crappy little language
> : called "Java" :-)
> 
> But then how would you scam the VCs and fuck the clients with maintenance
> costs??
> 
> Remember, each language has a purpose....

Ah, I see your point.

I've said for a while that "Java is the COBOL of the 21st Century",
but I hadn't really made the connection between Java and 
the current economic downturn.

Now it all makes sense :-)

/\ndy