So it was a bad idea to create one of the most profitable divisions
of Yahoo (though that's hardly an impressive fact considering the price
of Yahoo's shares), using the most suited language for the task?
The reason you consider it a bad idea is ridiculous: it's like saying
that building the library of Alexandria was a bad idea after all, since
all the books were burned by some vandals that probably didn't know how
to read.
This only proves that many people in our profession consider that
reading that "Teach yourself C++ in 24 hrs" is enough, and instead of
learning how to use tools properly, they will flail with what they
already know. Instead of learning a language (that might ot not be
useful to you as a programmer) to maintain an important and already
running application, you will rather "scrap every single line of code":
a process that will introduce new bugs and cost your employer time and
money, for just one reason: satisfying your laziness.
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So it was a bad idea to create one of the most profitable divisions
of Yahoo (though that's hardly an impressive fact considering the price
of Yahoo's shares), using the most suited language for the task?
The reason you consider it a bad idea is ridiculous: it's like saying
that building the library of Alexandria was a bad idea after all, since
all the books were burned by some vandals that probably didn't know how
to read.
This only proves that many people in our profession consider that
reading that "Teach yourself C++ in 24 hrs" is enough, and instead of
learning how to use tools properly, they will flail with what they
already know. Instead of learning a language (that might ot not be
useful to you as a programmer) to maintain an important and already
running application, you will rather "scrap every single line of code":
a process that will introduce new bugs and cost your employer time and
money, for just one reason: satisfying your laziness.
Do us a favor and send your résumé to Readmond.