4 ms·

"Today there is an unhealthy concentration on language and efficiency and NOT on how things fit together and protocols." -- Joe, two paragraphs below the point

• laumars 14y ago
  I think you're being a little unfair there because he's talking about an "unhealthy concentration". Using a lower level language instead of a shell script for high performance scripts isn't unhealthy as it's not a case of just saving a negligible number of clock cycles. The difference I'm talking about like travelling to the moon and back just to buy a pint of milk. Case in point: no sane person would rewrite Apache in Bash. But equally I wouldn't rewrite any of my sys admin shell scripts in C. There's a balance that needs to be struck. Which I did also hint at in my previous post (the one you dismissed outright when arguing about 'unhealthy concentrations'). And I think what Joe actually meant by that quote was the same thing; that many developers are bad at judging that balance.
  • fusiongyro 14y ago
    I think you're reading a bit much into my intent from a comment that is really just a quote from the article.
    • laumars 14y ago
      It seems a little odd to specifically single out my post about efficiency with a quote about efficiency if your intent wasn't to address my point. So if I am reading too much into your post, then what was the intent?
      • fusiongyro 14y ago
        I'm sorry; I wasn't trying to bludgeon you with Joe's words. Looking back it is clear that I did and I should have added some exposition of my own. However, my goal was to see more about where you draw the line, and I think you did answer that, so thanks.
        • laumars 14y ago
          Ahh I understand. Thank you for the clarification :)