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| DATE | 2003-07-21 |
| FROM | Ron Guerin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] School Technology
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On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 08:19, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> Despite the fact that useless flamewars occur over different technologies,
> one can still make authoratative distictions between different tools
> for different tasks, and this task is educating children (or young adults).
I think one of the saddest things to happen since I was a kid is the
demise of using the right tool_s_. The idea that something should be
this _or_ that is limited thinking, advanced by those who're more
interested in squeezing their developer's salaries than in generating
revenue.
When I was young and green, it was not unusual to see "jobs" that
consisted of parts written in FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I and RPG. Many jobs
used two or three different programming languages. Anyone who owns one
of those "unitools" that is supposed to be good for everything knows
they're better off with a half-dozen basic tools. The combination
screwdriver/pliers/wirecutters/hammer generally sucks at everything and
is good for nothing. I don't think it's all that different with code.
Sure, you _can_ use C for everything, but it can't be a good idea.
Substitute your favorite language for C in the last sentence, and flame
away. ;)
I strongly believe that the commoditization of developers is a bad
thing. Bad for America, bad for business, and bad for developers. But
that's the way things are going.
- Ron
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