Salon.com Article Bemoans Demise of Line Programming (BASIC)

[Dan Shafer]

I disagree completely with the assessment of JavaScript here (from Mr.
Gaskin). Not only do I think JS is a pretty good language -- maybe even a
great one -- and not only does it seem to me to be true that a lot of great
productivity enhancers have been done in and to it, but JS pales in
comparison with Java as a pure productivity drain.



On 9/15/06, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:
>
> Richard-
>
> Friday, September 15, 2006, 8:31:31 AM, you wrote:
>
> > I predict that the accident of history that is JavaScript's popularity
> > will one day be recognized as the single biggest productivity loss in
> > computing history.
>
> I think it would have some competition from the goto statement. Or
> when IBM moved the control key from its natural position next to the A
> key.
>
> --
> -Mark Wieder
> mwieder at ahsoftware.net
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>



-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author
http://www.shafermedia.com
Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought"
>From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html