> > Another point related to maintenance costs is the choice of language. > > Many smaller companies choose "easier" languages like php, visual basic, > > or python for their applications because they outsource library writing > > and it is much cheaper and easier to hire new workforce for business > > logic when the existing codebase does not use any complex idioms or > > language constructs. Some indian schoolboy can write e.g. php pages $1-2/ > > h, a hard-core C++/Haskell professional easily costs $500/h. > > Haven't heard of many $500/h gigs. > > Andrei
I have. Haven't you every been to see a lawyer :-) Seriously, the OP must have meant $500/day.
