Interesting, there's a suggestion here that the decision is pushed into management because of past history Development tools have traditionally come with a charge attached, which makes the decision about budget as well as pure technical merit.
Are we, perhaps, still seeing the remnants of this mentality in the way that language choice is made? On 5 October 2010 14:46, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the .NET languages but my experience with MS languages is that > the tools are expensive and not very good (I haven't tried Resharper). > A lot is opaque, so it can be hard to find out why, say, an installer > does nothing, or behaves differently on Windows 7 to XP. I realise > you don't have to use the MS implementations, but practically you know > that someone hired to work with C# is going to expect to use VS, and > isn't going to care that their code doesn't build in Mono. > > With Java, I can get the guys in tech support who did some programming > at uni to have a go at lending a hand in a quiet moment, without > worrying about furnishing them with a VS licence or having them use a > pirated version. > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> That makes me think. Is it far to say that what you program in can > >> sometimes be less important that the kind of people you end up working > >> with? There are languages I would not normally favour but if I had the > >> right people to work with would be a lot happier about programming in > >> them. > > > > I thought sites like this are the proof that the two typically go > together. > > It cuts to the heart of why so many people dislike "academic" languages, > > no? > > That is to say, many people stick with the "community" that is Java > instead > > of moving towards other languages. Often with no legitimate technical > > reason any more. I know I've done this. Consider how little is > > acknowledged in the .NET side of the world around here? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
