On 2/17/14 7:54 PM, Gary Schiltz wrote:
I think that being a hacker is a state of mind that naturally wants to
tear things apart to see how they work, and (hopefully) put them back
together again.
Java is an example of a language that can be compiled to be fast. When
Java isn't fast in the wild, various accusations get made like the
garbage collector is to blame (i.e. some other factor supposedly out of
that person's control that isn't just their own sloppy work and laziness
-- like, say, _making_ lots of garbage). Of course, the individual who
is really to blame is the sort of person that does not have the mindset
you mention. Nonetheless, Java is often`for' the person that wants to
be insulated from things, and is happy to work that way.
It's not about paying dues, or learning the right things or the right
way or bollocks like that. It's about whether a developer insists to be
able to find answers when they ask questions about how things work, and
whether they are the sort of person that asks those questions at all.
Developer communities that _like_ their constraints may be productive by
some measures, but IMO aren't, in the end, very interesting.
Marcus
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