Well, I guess I phrased that a bit provocatively "for clarity". I wasn't suggesting that the number 2% defines some kind of absolute truth. If you are comfortable using J even though you don't feel able to argue that it saves you 1 minute out of every hour, or one week a year, I certainly do NOT have the level of energy required to argue with you :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Raul Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 28. maj 2009 15:54 To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] More APL (was: No More APL) On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Morten Kromberg <[email protected]> wrote: > If you don't think you are reducing your costs by 2% by using j, then I > would suggest that you are taking a completely unacceptable technology risk > by using it and I suggest that you stop immediately! I disagree with this point of view. Percents mean nothing without a frame of reference -- in this case, duration of time, scope of work, that sort of thing. So, this threshold is useless, at best. Or, if we start considering relevant frames of reference, we should be finding issues like learning curves, opportunity costs, systemic risks, and so on which could make numbers of this order of magnitude meaningless even if the underlying concept was rephrased so it was not so ambiguous. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
