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I think that programming languages can be improved but this will mainly make developers more productive and lower the barrier of entry for people to become developers.


Would you call me cynical if I said I...]]> Thu, 24 May 2007 09:30:02 -0400 Thu, 24 May 2007 09:30:02 -0400 Thu, 24 May 2007 09:30:02 -0400 May 24, 2007 James Watson 0 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 What makes you think that a company can create an entire ERP System (just to pick an example) that is suitable for a large portion of business but while thinking that it is impossible to come up with a good, general purpose date/time library...]]> Thu, 24 May 2007 09:18:50 -0400 Thu, 24 May 2007 09:18:50 -0400 Thu, 24 May 2007 09:18:50 -0400 May 24, 2007 James Watson 0 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 I think that programming languages can be improved but this will mainly make developers more productive and lower the barrier of entry for people to become developers....]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 18:44:29 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 18:44:29 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 18:44:29 -0400 May 23, 2007 Erik Engbrecht 2 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465
Take your date example. There is no way that any vendor or project is going to provide a tool that will handle every specific date logic desired by every organization in the world. It's never going to happen....]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 17:38:32 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:38:32 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:38:32 -0400 May 23, 2007 James Watson 3 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465
No one outside of IT cares whether you "do it yourself" or not. All they care about is whether it works and how much it costs.


That's almost certainly not true. You're right that we'd be wise to start...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 17:29:15 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:29:15 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:29:15 -0400 May 23, 2007 James Watson 0 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 No one outside of IT cares whether you "do it yourself" or not. All they care about is whether it works and how much it costs.
...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 15:08:02 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 15:08:02 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 15:08:02 -0400 May 23, 2007 Erik Engbrecht 1 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 Take your date example. There is no way that any vendor or project is going to provide a tool that will handle every specific date logic desired by every organization in the world. It's never going to happen. ...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 14:57:43 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:57:43 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:57:43 -0400 May 23, 2007 Erik Engbrecht 4 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465
I believe that this is what the role of a programmer is and will always be. The problem is that a lot of people want to turn programmers into technical typists (and/or mouse-clickers) by buying tools that supposedly remove the...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 14:26:10 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:26:10 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:26:10 -0400 May 23, 2007 James Watson 7 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 I thought Jan 1, 1970 was common across many computer platforms as the beginning of the current epoch. Maybe I'm wrong.
...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 14:08:36 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:08:36 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:08:36 -0400 May 23, 2007 Erik Engbrecht 0 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 I believe that this is what the role of a programmer is and will always be. The problem is that a lot of people want to turn programmers into technical typists (and/or mouse-clickers) by buying tools that supposedly remove the need for real...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 14:04:04 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:04:04 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:04:04 -0400 May 23, 2007 Erik Engbrecht 8 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 James -
Are you under a psuedonym? Because on several occasions I could have sworn you were describing my employer, but you're not in the corporate address book....]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 13:47:51 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 13:47:51 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 13:47:51 -0400 May 23, 2007 James Watson 10 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 Wed, 23 May 2007 12:57:20 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 12:57:20 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 12:57:20 -0400 May 23, 2007 Erik Engbrecht 11 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465
It also makes a flawed assumption that using something that is made by someone else is always better and cheaper than doing it yourself. Often it's actually more expensive and produces inferior results. A lot of the...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 11:53:48 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:53:48 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:53:48 -0400 May 23, 2007 James Watson 0 Re: Context is important http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465
It also makes a flawed assumption that using something that is made by someone else is always better and cheaper than doing it yourself. Often it's actually more expensive and produces inferior results. A lot of the most...]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 11:41:56 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:41:56 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:41:56 -0400 May 23, 2007 James Watson 12 because we arent computer scientists http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=45465 Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:14 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:14 -0400 Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:14 -0400 May 23, 2007 Tal Dega 0