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Re: Java GOOD -- Fire BAD




"Joe Marshall" <jrm@ccs.neu.edu> writes:
> I've used Lisp on the job for years.
> Any idiot supervisor who does not let his programmers use
> the appropriate tools for the job deserves *exactly* the calibre
> of programmers he will get.

I prefer to think of it the way Paul Graham does: if you use lisp, you
have a competitive advantage. Smart bosses will let you do it and the
stupid ones will fail to survive in the long run, or at least will get
fewer resources to play with.

Perry