Received: from spf1.us4.outblaze.com (spf1.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.23]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iABF2gfV027019 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:02:43 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf1.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42BC254228 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:02:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CSGbB-0006es-SR for migo@homemail.com; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:10:57 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CSGaq-0006eb-Ug for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:10:37 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CSGaq-0006eI-0O for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:10:36 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CSGap-0006eF-Jl for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:10:35 -0500 Received: from [80.188.250.46] (helo=thinkpad.gardas.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CSGSH-00054G-EV for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:01:45 -0500 Received: from karel (helo=localhost) by thinkpad.gardas.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CSGSC-0001R6-00; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:01:40 +0100 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:01:40 +0100 (CET) From: Karel Gardas X-X-Sender: karel@thinkpad.gardas.net To: Andrew Suffield Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla In-Reply-To: <20041111144939.GA11489@suffields.me.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 1398 Lines: 36 On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 03:43:14PM +0100, Karel Gardas wrote: > > > I am willing to accept as a hypothesis that some languages may be > > > faster to write than others, but there is no more than circumstancial > > > evidence in both directions. Furthermore without a way to quantify the > > > skill of a programmer in a given language, in a manner comparable to > > > the skill of a different programmer in a different language, I don't > > > think it is possible to have real evidence either way. So you won't > > > really get much mileage out of it. > > > > the simple evidence is whole IT industry, especially focusing on bussiness > > oriented systems. Don't you see all these projects slowly migrating from C > > to C++, from C++ to Java or even to VisualBasic/Python? > > The truth is simple, highler-level languages are more easier to be used, > > more quickly to be written than such double-edged knife like C/C++. > > Please try thinking before sending mail. I had. Where I did mistake? Thanks, Karel -- Karel Gardas kgardas@objectsecurity.com ObjectSecurity Ltd. http://www.objectsecurity.com _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/