Re: mental models of the world

[Scott McKay <address@hidden>]

At 10:00 AM 11/27/01, Robert Spector wrote:
> As a
> Java/J2EE o-o guy (for the moment) I can attest to Lennon's
> comment
>  
> I think Perl people have lots of such quick
> and
> simple solutions because they think that
> way.
>  

I think a big problem with "Perl-think" is that not every
solution is
quick and simple, even though some solutions might start that way.
Perl is one of the least scalable languages I have ever had the
displeasure to use, precisely because it is geared to creating
quick -- and dirty -- solutions.  The little 1/2-screenful
scripts
manage to stay in control, but I haven't seen any longer code that
appears to be maintainable by anyone other than the original
author.

>  
> PS.  Does anybody know what language
> Google is implemented in?

Reliable inside sources tell me it is written almost entirely in
C++.