From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2003-08-20T19:54:10+09:00
Subject: Re: the mindshare of Ruby (was)

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:28:09PM +0900, Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> > And, learning a new language is always beneficial.
> 
> No it is not.  Learning a new language is a time sink, and time sinks are
> *never* a priori beneficial.  They have to be justified somehow.

Pragmatic side:

Unless the language is total crap, you will normally find new concepts
and ideas there that can change the way you work, and make you more
productive even if you stay with the tools at hand. This is one common
justification.

Fun side:

Learning languages is fun, I'd do it even if it were useless.


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