> ...about scripting languages is that they let you do a whole lot *very*
> quickly and then you're stuck.
Hmm, I haven't noticed this about scripting languages in general, but moreso
for new languages or languages that have been developed for (primarily) a
single purpose.
> My current case in point, is this program...All the stuff that I
> expected to be hard was easy...The part that I expected to be easy
> seems impossible
The capability for multiple TCP connections I would have considered way
beyond the field of my programming expertise, but (thanks to a response from
this mailing list) I copied from rebol.org an almost trivial piece of code
which does this. Now I'm actually writing things I never thought I'd get
into.
> It's incredibly frustrating.
Most new languages I jump into seem really cool until I devote alot of time
and effort into them, when I run against some limitation of the language,
defect of the language, or inadequate documentation so that I cannot
proceed. I really wish the documentation for a language would always include
a section on "limitations and defects". This would save alot of grief.
- Michael Jelinek
