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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,23202754c9ce78dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,15edb893ef79e231 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,15edb893ef79e231 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,15edb893ef79e231 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-11 18:31:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.elcjn1.sdca.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: True faiths ( was Re: The true faith ) References: <%njZ7.279$iR.150960@news3.calgary.shaw.ca> <3c36fbc5_10@news.newsgroups.com> <4idg3u40ermnp682n6igc5gudp7hajkea9@4ax.com> <76be8851.0201101909.9db0718@posting.google.com> <9jtu3u8cq92b05j47uat3412tok6hqu1ki@4ax.com> From: vputz@bgp01364175bgs.sandia01.nm.comcast.net (Victor B. Putz) Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:31:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.35.49.14 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.elcjn1.sdca.home.com 1010802670 68.35.49.14 (Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:31:10 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:31:10 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:24088 comp.lang.ada:18810 comp.lang.eiffel:5365 comp.lang.smalltalk:17791 Date: 2002-01-12T02:31:10+00:00 List-Id: israel r t writes: > Will we all end up like the Moonies , convinced that our faith is the > One True Faith while the rest of the world moves on ? Depends. If you can find the right group of folks who are all interested in improving their productivity with marginal languages, you can always try and work outside the "C Block" and do an end-run around slower-moving organizations. It is Great Mistake to assume that, because a programming language has been overlooked by the majority, it is therefore not worth pursuing in a niche. Sure, there's a great draw to simply throwing up one's hands and saying "ah, what the heck, everyone else is using C++"... and that is a choice of safety over all else. Not a bad choice, but perhaps not the best choice. It all depends, of course. -->VPutz