From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-06-29T05:02:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Where does ruby excel?

David Masover wrote:
> The trick is, first of all, programmer time is more important than 
> performance. If you can throw another ten servers at a problem instead of 
> another ten developers, that is a massive win.

For some business models, this may be true. In general, it is not. If 
you do not pay attention to performance in your design process, then 
your "ten developers" are not earning their keep.