Re: Java GOOD -- Fire BAD

["Perry E. Metzger" <address@hidden>]

Daniel Weinreb <dlweinreb@rcn.com> writes:
> >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.
>
> Smart bosses are required to take into account a lot of factors when
> choosing a language, the most imporant one being "what we're using
> now".

I agree, but only to a point. In any case, new projects are started
every day, and foolishly hanging on to old technology can in the end
be far more expensive.

Perry