| "The "let's use a cool language" attitude is very visible here on HN." Some evidence would be nice. I don't see it at all in the sense you claim i.e "we'll use a cool language because it makes us cool". No one I know on HN ever makes that claim or thinks that way. And yet to you it is "very visible". Links please? "The reddit people drank the cool-aid, and it didn't work out for them. A single data point, I know" But you don't accept "single data points" in the other direction do you? ViaWeb, Jane Street, Orbitz, FlightCaster? "single data point I know" ;-) "The onus is on those who use non-mainstream languages to provide evidence there is an advantage." You are the one who makes outrageous claims that there is no productivity gain without ever actually using "esoteric" languages in a business context, so you could have some experience backing t your claim that there is no productivity increase. Your troubles upgrading Python (or whatever, your arguments on this are very vague and unconvincing) are not sufficient. Sorry. When people who actually do use powerful languages to run their businesses report increased productivity, you refuse to accept it or consider it a possibility. <Shug> Flip Bit. Move on. "You're saying you know what I meant better than I did when I wrote it." I don't know you in person. I have to judge your argument by what you actually write not by what you thought in your innermost heart when you wrote it. In your writing you come across as uninformed wrt your claims, and constantly shifting positions when confronted with counter claims, citations or evidence. That said, I am done discussing this with you. Your argument has nothing backing it but "I think thus and thus with no experience or data or evidence and I refuse to consider anything contrary to my stated position". Good Bye, Have a nice day. |