From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/09/06 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 270318304 Distribution: world References: <34023FC9.59E2B600@eiffel.com> <3404670B.C3A2C4A2@pagesmiths.com> <01bcb38a$8ddc1200$1c10d30a@ntwneil> Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes: > Jon said > <<< > yourself into non-progressing technology. A 10% here a 20% there > etc. really begins to add up over the long term and eventually we > might actually get this "several factors" over the course of building > on these very real "small gains". That's why the overly prevalent>>> > > You don't even need to let them "add up", a single 10% gain is highly > valuable. Right. What I meant above was "adding up" across a sequence of technologies giving such increments, not adding up on a project. > Anyone who does not think so is welcome to send me a check > for 10% of the cost of their next software project on the grounds that > they will not notice the difference (but I will :-) Exactly. Hey, I'll take 10% of your 10% and will be a very happy camper! /Jon -- Jon Anthony OMI, Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari