[CLUE-Talk] On hackers, productivity, and languages

[G. Richard Raab]

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On Saturday 31 July 2004 12:39 pm, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

> > I also liked the idea that variation in wealth, productivity are not
> > inherently evil as some like to suggest.   Jucy for debate, IMHO.
>
> This posting by Paul Graham has lit up the Java blogging community like a
> Christmas tree...mostly folks irritated at Graham for doing the all too
> often "my language can beat up your language" thing. I think "real" hackers
> use the toolset that is appropriate for the job at hand. You can feel l33t
> all you want, but even bright people have to admit that sometimes something
> as lowly as VB/Access is right for some jobs under the right circumstances,
> IMHO. Asserting that there is One True Language for all tasks is venturing
> into I-have-a-hammer-and-everything-looks-like-a-nail territory. For
> humorous reading:

vb/access right for a job ? 
for what job?

The only advantage that it has is being heavily used on a bad platform.
It is not simple to use. 
It is not easy to maintain.
It needs to die.


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cheers
g.r.r.
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