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Did you just say that the reason C++ and Java are popular is developers don't want to spend clients money writing everything from scratch (in what? assembler? f
by modoc 18y ago
Did you just say that the reason C++ and Java are popular is developers don't want to spend clients money writing everything from scratch (in what? assembler? fortran? C?) in the most simplified way possible?
I don't even know where to start with that. Using existing code libraries for common tasks means less development time/cost, higher quality code (the code has been tested by thousands of people over months or years), and easier enhancement/extension in the future (the code already solves for many common enhancements and/or is built in a modular/configurable/etc... manner and so on).
Writing your own "super-awesome-optimized-magic" ORM/Internationalization/Transaction Management/Caching/Encryption/MVC framework/XML parser/etc... is generally a bad idea for you and your client.
- modoc 18y agoTo whomever downvoted me: where do you disagree? Or did I mis-read something?
- ii 18y agoNo, I just say that getting paid for amount of time motivates developers to write complex and bloated code in complex and bloated languages. There was nothing about "writing from scratch" or libraries available. Example: client wants new feature -- if my language and my platform let me do it in one line of code it's bad for me if I get paid for time, thus people choose languages and platforms where even trivial things can be written with some bloat.