On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:06:13 -0600, "Stuart Jansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 10:47 -0600, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > > Sure, one perl coder can produce gobs of useful code quite quickly. > > Two can produce twice as many gobs of code as quickly. > > But can they easily swap gobs of code and maintain the each other's code? > > Dude, the same can be said of almost any language. Teams require > coordination and standards or they'll make a beeline for chaos. Sure, > some languages put a straight jacket on developers, but is that really a > good thing? All it means is that the barrier to entry is lower for the > dull and undedicated.
Having used languages that allow flexibility and expressiveness without encouraging unmaintainable "what the hell does this block do" 6 months later, it's not an either/or. Perl zealots like to try to make it seem like it is, but it isn't. -Jonathan .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
