From: JamesBritt <james@...>
Date: 2002-08-22T10:02:57+09:00
Subject: RE: A Repeat: New Language After Ruby?

>
> > Pragmatic versus exotic; use the pragmatic approach in
> day-to-day work, and
> > explore exotic tools by night.
>
> Well.. I'd say learning Haskell, or OCaml, or Ruby, is pragmatic. Each
> of these teaches us something about the nature of programming, and
> each improves us as programmers.

Well, there's the paradox: pursuing the exotic is, ultimately, a very
pragmatic, or at least practical,  goal.

James