OT2: The 'realness' of languages

[George C Brackett]

As you can see from my just-written message, I do agree with you,  
Viktoras!  As for C/C++ mania, I think that language has gotten into  
the mainstream vocabulary here in the US at least.  The others you  
mention are not as well-known except possibly for Java.  I'm glad  
European clients appear more indifferent to such details as language!

George

On Dec 23, 2008, at 5:24 AM, viktoras didziulis wrote:

in this situation I would ask to show a portfolio CD or examples of  
software created by the person - the most important thing being  
experience and ability to complete a product in whatever language the  
person feels most comfortable.

I guess it would be also fair to say that GUI will be created using  
Revolution RAD and definitely one can expand it with modules written  
in C++/C.

BTW correct me please, this may be wrong impression, but it looks like  
C++/C adoration is something specific to the USA, isn't it? I know  
many IT companies in my country and elsewhere in Europe who "do not do  
C" and deliver their products (accounting systems, research software,  
etc...) in Delphi, Java, Abap and the fact that they "do not do C"  
seems having zero impact on their successful businesses...

Best wishes!
Viktoras

Peter Alcibiades wrote:
> It still sounds as if you're failing to probe the question/ 
> objection, and it
> will be impossible to answer it unless you find out exactly what it  
> is.  Is
> it support?  Is it a concern about robustness?  Is it a matter of  
> internal
> company policy?  What were they expecting it to be written in?  C?   
> Python? Perl? VB? It will take different things in each case to  
> answer it.
>
> Imagine someone is delivering a proposal to a company you work for,  
> and when
> asked exactly that same question, replies, it will be written in  
> Scheme. She goes on to explain that she is more productive in Scheme  
> than any other
> language, she can deliver cross platform apps of the sort you are  
> asking for
> in a tenth of the time, and she offers to do an instant demo for you  
> of
> something that would take several hours in C, in about 10 minutes.
>
> What do you say to her, and what do you think, and what do you say  
> to your
> colleagues when you talk to them about it?
>

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