Cut the losses and run. Tim Bray puts the spin on WS-*: “it’s about being able to interoperate with WCF, and while that’s a worthwhile thing, that’s all it’s about. It’s not like HTTP or TCP/IP, truly interoperable frameworks, it’s like DCOM; the piece of Windows’ network-facing surface that Microsoft would like you to code to. For now, anyhow; it’ll be at least as easy as DCOM to walk away from when the embarrassment gets too great.”
The Lingua franca of the MySpace generation. Elliotte Rusty Harold: “When I travel I speak English. When I teach I speak Java, and for the same reason: it lets me be understood.” I have to agree with him, Ruby’s syntax is only good if you’re talking to Ruby developers. Though, I’d never imagine using Java: the syntax is so verbose you need 10pt fonts on the slides. I like something that’s readable to most people, simple enough and short, so I use JavaScript.
I also pick JavaScript for a different reason: it’s familiar to so many non-programmers of the MySpace generation, even if they can’t code in it.
Tag, you’re it. Speaking of the MySpace generation, according to InfoWorld “almost 30 percent of Internet users tag online”. If I had a nickle for every time I heard tagging is for geeks
Tricks of the trade. Kellan Elliott-McCrea read method_missing and wrote his assesment of the situation.
“I take this as being a symptom of the Ruby design aesthetic, which as a community exhibit an inordinate fondness for conjuring tricks”
Ouch. And so true.
When in doubt, iterate fast. Jeff Atwood brings us one step closer to dogfights in the sky, and explains why speed of iteration beats quality of iteration.
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