The readability argument is overused and maybe misunderstood to me. An experienced programmer is supposed to know the language well as well as the API and frameworks. From my experience Java is quite verbose and the…
If you have a set of "great" developpers and you force them to use a crappy toolset you are not an interresting company for them. They will simply resign. It so quite possible the long term productivity will be better…
Good question. For Paul Graham it certainly worked. By combining a great team of competant people, a small startup environement were you can concentrate on getting thing done and by using powerfull tools they made their…
The readability argument is overused and maybe misunderstood to me. An experienced programmer is supposed to know the language well as well as the API and frameworks. From my experience Java is quite verbose and the…
If you have a set of "great" developpers and you force them to use a crappy toolset you are not an interresting company for them. They will simply resign. It so quite possible the long term productivity will be better…
Good question. For Paul Graham it certainly worked. By combining a great team of competant people, a small startup environement were you can concentrate on getting thing done and by using powerfull tools they made their…