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I don't buy the "it doesn't matter" part. A good language can effect your project's agility by an order of magnitude; and the gap widens exponentially after yo
by JesseAldridge 18y ago
I don't buy the "it doesn't matter" part. A good language can effect your project's agility by an order of magnitude; and the gap widens exponentially after you've used it long enough to build up some custom libraries/tools.
- jrockway 18y agoWell, it doesn't really matter. If my competitors want to use inferior tools, that's fine with me.
- brlewis 18y agoYeah, but when your partners are using inferior tools, you spend a lot of time waiting. OurDoings integrates with 9 other sites, so this means something to me.
- Herring 18y agoYeah well with OSS your competitors can end up contributing to the "inferior" platforms instead of to your "superior' platform. Apple/Darwin comes to mind
- edw519 18y agoYou're absolutely right. Very good point. What I meant was that you could build almost anything with almost any language. This != "it doesn't matter". (I sometimes react this way because we often debate endlessly over language fine points that are really just personal preference.)