Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by moron4hire 3400 days ago
> That's all well and good except for the fact that your standards are impossible to reach.

Right, yes. Perhaps this entire exercise is a complete waste of time. Perhaps we should be investing in skilled people who understand their problem domain and then just trust them to do the best they can, rather than trying to find silver bullets inside programming languages.
2 comments
mightybyte 3400 days ago
If it was a complete waste of time, we might as well write our web apps in machine language. There's never been a side-by-side study comparing machine language to modern languages that meets the scientific bar put forth. So even though you can't definitively prove causation, the history of programming languages has demonstrated that multiple substantial advances have absolutely happened. There's no reason to think there can't be more.
link
SkyMarshal 3400 days ago
How about let's do both. Both are valid, especially when there are silver bullets like type safety available. Hire the best domain experts and teach them best tools.
link