From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-10-05T03:29:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Recent Criticism about Ruby (Scalability, etc.)

On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 02:52:05AM +0900, MenTaLguY wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 06:19:19 +0900, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> > In other words, I was assuming reasonably good code as a baseline,
> > and you were assuming reasonably bad code as a baseline.  These
> > incompatible assumptions may be influenced by our respective work
> > environments.
> 
> Yes, I think that's the crux of it.
> 
> > I'll expand on my position, then:
> > 
> >   1. Hire good programmers.
> > 
> >   2. Have them write good code.
> > 
> >   3. Throw hardware at the scaling problem, because your good code
> >   written by good programmers can handle it.
> 
> Perhaps we've also got slightly different audiences in mind --
> "hire good programmers" is not advice I'd normally give to a
> programmer.

Adjusted for programmers:

  1. Be(come) a good programmer.

  2. Write good code.

  3. Let your boss throw hardware at the scaling problem, because the
  good code you wrote as a good programmer can handle it.

Better?

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