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If you had to pick one single tool to use from now until the end of time, which one would you pick? Choices: Hammer, Drill, Screw Driver, Saw.
by kirubakaran 19y ago
If you had to pick one single tool to use from now until the end of time, which one would you pick?
Choices:
Hammer, Drill, Screw Driver, Saw.
- brent 19y agoPoor analogy. These are, for all intensive purposes, tools for mutually exclusive tasks. Programming languages are in general for the purpose of writing programs. While they may different slightly in capabilities they are for one purpose. A "better" (IMHO) analogy along those lines would being choosing a handsaw, bandsaw, circular saw, or kitchen knife.
- kirubakaran 19y agoI agree. Even if we commit for life to the best saw there is, we are excluding all future saw-innovations.
- staunch 19y agoNo insult intended: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=For+all+intensive+purposes http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=For+all+inten...
- brent 19y ago:-O Yikes. How embarrassing. No insult taken. I have pointed this out in other's writing. Funny how easy it is to slip and type mistakes like this when you're rushing out comments. Good catch...
- icky 19y ago> for all intensive purposes, Nitpick: "for all intents and purposes". And, no, you don't get French benefits.
- bayareaguy 19y agoWhen C++ is your hammer, every problem looks like your thumb.