On 18/01/2011 05:20, Walter Bright wrote:
http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2011/01/18/what-makes-a-programming-language-good/
"I quit being a professional programmer."
I usually avoid discussions and dismiss out of hand opinions about
software development from those who no longer develop code (did that
recently with my boss, to cut off a discussion). Mostly for time saving,
it's not that I think they automatically wrong, or even likely to be wrong.
Still, I read that article, and it's not bad, there are some good
points. In fact, I strongly agree, in essence, with one of the things he
said: That language ecosystems are what matter, not just the language
itself. At least for most programmers, what you want is to develop
software, software that is useful or interesting, it's not about staring
at the beauty of your code and that's it.
This, any language community that focuses excessively on the language
only and forsakes, dismisses, or forgets the rest of the toolchain and
ecosystem, will never succeed beyond a niche. (*cough* LISP *cough*)
--
Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer
