* Jon Galliers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I've been reading this discussion with interest[1], as we are in just that
> process of deciding how best to develop 'web solutions' fast enough for
> clients, bless their sweet hearts, and whether Java or Perl is the best
> 'tool' for the job.
the rea
I've been reading this discussion with interest[1], as we are in just that
process of deciding how best to develop 'web solutions' fast enough for
clients, bless their sweet hearts, and whether Java or Perl is the best
'tool' for the job. My personal feelings echo sentiments expressed earlier
in t
It's possibly a blatant over-generalisation, but I get the impression that
most Java programmers are the people who learn whatever language the
marketing people tell them is the latest, coolest langauge, and/or
whatever languge they can earn most money contracting in.
Unfortunately, that langauge
On or about Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 09:02:20AM -0500, Mark Rogaski typed:
>An entity claiming to be Roger Burton West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: So really it's Pascal all over again - if you only teach them one
>: language, it's what they'll always use. If you teach them two,
>: they may just poss
An entity claiming to be Roger Burton West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
:
: So really it's Pascal all over again - if you only teach them one
: language, it's what they'll always use. If you teach them two,
: they may just possibly see the similarities and start to generalise
: to the class of "pro
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 09:10:05PM +, Shevek wrote:
>Having taught both, I can say that I would far rather teach undergraduates
>Java for many reasons. In fact, they'd probably be better learning
>something even more restrictive and more trivial. That doesn't make it
>good.
So really it's Pa
