Does Company-Wide Language "Standardization" Work?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday February 8, 2006 @04:20PM from the one-language-to-bind-them dept.

RMX asks: "In our company, we're currently going through the debate of standardizing on a computer language for our next set of products. The pro-standardization guys say that a single language (like Java) will save everyone time. The anti-standardization guys are advocating a mixed environment (of languages like Python, Ruby, and C#), and argue that the whole discussion is as silly as a manufacturing firm standardizing on screwdrivers for all their screw/nail/glue fastening needs. Have any of your companies standardized on a language? How well did it go?"

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Re:Like a single screwdriver? by Luyseyal · 2006-02-08 17:16 · Score: 0, Troll

Torx is the devil. I can't believe you mentioned TORX! They're second only to tiny Allen wrench screws in total suckage.

Phillips is god.
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