> I agree - the girl's knowledge might be a net win, provided she doesn't go out of her way to use it. It's only a net win if the price is right and the projec

> I agree - the girl's knowledge might be a net win, provided she doesn't go out of her way to use it. It's only a net win if the price is right and the project requires such knowledge (in the case of C, mostly likely the trade-off would be a bad one, experience at that level comes at a steep price, fixing bugs due to a lack of knowledge about what happens 'under the hood' is expensive too...).