Hi, On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:40:18 +0900, PA <petite.abeille / gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2005, at 12:28, Joao Pedrosa wrote: > > >> "Managing complexity" > >> Most software projects fail to meet their goals. > >> -- The Economist, Nov 25th 2004 > >> http://www.economist.com/business/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3423238 > > > > Yeah, complexity kills projects. :-) > > The only thing I wanted to "subtly" hint at is that implementation > languages are the least important factor in the ultimate success and/or > failure of a project. > > In other words, an implementation language of any sort is not a silver > bullet of any sort. > > After all, blaming or praising a language for your own success or > failure would be equivalent to a writer blaming its pen for "writer's > block". Maybe you are right. I just wish that Sun had supported Ruby instead of Java. That's all. :-) Regards, Joao