On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:00:24PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:24:19 +0200 > Paulo Pinto <pj...@progtools.org> wrote: [...] > > The type of "programmer clogs" we have in our projects are so low > > skill, that I have bad dreams what they could do in more powerfull > > languages. > > > > Already C# is highly advanced for some of them! > > > > Actually, that may be a good reason NOT to use a training-wheels > language like Java - one they finally do *that* much damage, maybe > they'll finally get the boot ;) Mwa ha ha ha ha! [...]
Unfortunately, that usually happens only after they burned down your project. It only takes one twig to burn down a forest; it only takes one twit to burn down a project. Reminds of a certain individual who shall remain unnamed, with whom I argued about why he should *not* implement IPv6 prefix checking by converting the address and prefixes to strings and then using strncmp()... Truly boggles the mind. T -- I'm still trying to find a pun for "punishment"...