It is now about 10 years that I am working on Lino. Only the 2 last years of
it are in Python. In the beginning I tried Xbase++, Delphi, C++.
Then Java for 3 years. Then a few month of PHP.
Here is why Python is better than Java:
- Python improves my creativity while Java henders it.
- Python doesn't depend on a company but on a person.
- «Management needs to know they have a reliable labor pool to draw upon
for replacements. (...) Management is *always* looking to lose the high
priced creative geniuses who brought them to the party. I know this
from years as an independent consultant talking to those managers. I
can't tell you how many times they were simply looking to replace the
now highly paid guru(s) with younger/lower cost and more recently -
offshored labor.»
(Thomas Bartkus
on
2005-06-10
in comp.lang.python)
