> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Fetching a website? > > > > > I still maintain that a well-written CF app can still beat a > > > > crappily written pure Java app. > > > > > > Absolutely. However, part of writing a well-written application is > > > choosing the appropriate language for the task. > > > > With one caveat: choose the most appropriate language that > > you can use well. > > > > This may mean hiring somebody to do it or learning something > > new before tackling it - but the best tool overall is not the > > best tool if you don't know how to use properly. > > Well, this is getting a bit silly I think. If I know how to use a hammer, > but I don't know how to use a wrench, you probably don't want me working > on > your plumbing.
Exactly - but here's my point: We have these conversations a lot. Somebody asks how to do something and somebody (sometimes myself) gets all high-and-mighty that they should be using a better, more appropriate tool. But the world doesn't work that way. We have limitations. Sometimes we have to do the best we can with what we have and what we know in the time we have. I agree it's getting silly. But so is chastising people who want to complete tasks as best they can with what they got. This isn't a "hammer and a wrench" situation. This is a shovel and a backhoe situation: both can get the job done but one is vastly superior, but requires much more training and resources. Which is exactly why the best tool for the job may not be the right tool for the job. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:214498 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
