On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 07:48:55PM -0400, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:32:53PM -0400, Ian Darwin wrote: > > > For operating system code, yes. But for some stuff -- I mean > > > real-world stuff like web applications -- languages like haskell > > > or even lisp are probably more appropriate than C (and Haskell, > > > Lisp and C are more appropriate than Java or PHP). > > > > Obviously. That's why so many real-world web sites are written > > in Lisp, and so few are written in Java and PHP... > > > > Or maybe your notions of "appropriate" don't concur with those > > of people that actually develop large commercial web sites. > > > > Here I think we drift into issues beyond languages. Large commercial > sites need large staffs. Large numbers of imaginative, educated and > discriminating developers are not available. Cost a lot. And look > at management like pond scum. Java/PHP developers litter the earth. > Are relatively cheap. Respect management. And managers can think their 6 > mo college programming course puts them ahead of their staff. And > the sites are "good enough".
But they produce septic tank sludge, with a "higher" language. High for damn sure... > > .... Ken >
