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In this scenario, the team uses dev tool X for project Y. I'm not arguing that X shouldn't be faster, or even that it's not beneficial for Y to run faster. My
by optymizer 5y ago
In this scenario, the team uses dev tool X for project Y. I'm not arguing that X shouldn't be faster, or even that it's not beneficial for Y to run faster.
My original point was that the team that worked on project Y so far is unlikely to do a better job in a completely new language, just because some other team managed to write fast software in that language, because the other team isn't the one working on project Y.
I didn't think this would be a controversial point. I probably should have phrased it better.
- pdimitar 5y agoNow that you explained it I actually agree with you so maybe another phrasing was needed indeed. But maybe I'm just dumb and didn't get it earlier. :) I agree the odds are against the team employing a new language. Far from impossible though. I've seen it successfully pulled off a number of times (I've seen plenty of unsuccessful tries as well).