On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Jonathan Cast wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 21:45 -0400, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
[... re programming language machismo ... ]
>> Haskell already has that reputation, and so far as I've seen most
>> programmers conclude they shouldn't waste time on it when "any half-
>> trained monkey can write Java/Perl/Python".
>
> And regularly does. Unfortunately, American culture is such that most
> people *aspire* to being half-trained monkeys...
Yes, when programmers care more about what they're creating,
than the tools they create it with, you have to wonder what's
become of us.
Donn Cave, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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