Re: assembler [was: Re: cheers for gogo]

[Bob Ham <nospam [at] dcs.shef.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Alastair Donlon wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:56:16AM +0000, Bob Ham wrote:
> > 
> > Ah, yes, when dealines come into it, I suppose you could lay the blame
> > for bad programming on the language, but I wouldn't.

> Deadlines most certainly exist for open source people. The only difference
> is that because, at the moment, open source does not have a large industrial
> base, there are very few external sources of deadlines. I certainly have
> a deadline - I have 3 years to complete my PhD, including all the software
> I have to write for it.

I knew Open Source was the wrong phrase to use there :) I mean things
like freeciv and Linux and other things where the majority of the people
do the work in their spare time.

> If you _really_ want a quality job, then you should have absolutely
> no LOC. A language of choice constrains you too much. Every language
> has its own particular area of expertise and I have yet to see one
> which gives the programmer _all_ the tools you could possibly require.
> C++, and C, are languages which are useful for most domains but the
> master of none. Your language of choice should be different for 
> every single program you write.

Couldn't agree more :)   I always find it amusing when people argue
between different programming languages.  Eg, Java Vs Haskell; it's
worse that apples and pears, it's apples and wellington boots.

Bob


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