Re: Java GOOD -- Fire BAD

["Joe Marshall" <address@hidden>]

Bravo!  But I bet you felt like taking a shower afterwards.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Weinreb" <dlweinreb@rcn.com>
To: "Joe Marshall" <jrm@ccs.neu.edu>
Cc: <ll1-discuss@ai.mit.edu>; "David Cohen" <cohen4@mindspring.com>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 02:34
Subject: Re: Java GOOD -- Fire BAD


>
> Joe Marshall wrote:
>
> > However, I have *never* seen:
> >
> >    1.  Product or prototype developed in Lisp.
> >    2.  Subsequent product developed in C++ that is
> >         more capable, delivered on time and on budget.
> >
> >Perhaps I'm living a sheltered existence.
> >
> >
> Actually, I have.  Dave Moon developed a specialized B-tree for the
> ObjectStore database server, writing and debugging in Lisp, which
> he then handed off to me.  I recoded it all in C++, got it working, and
> then did extensive additional development (to make it use asynch I/O).
> The whole thing worked fine.  I'm not saying that this is a common
scenario!
>
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