[SLL] OSS commerce

[Xeno Campanoli]

Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2007, Glenn Stone wrote:
> 
> Yes, it's possible to right good code regardless of language.  Some
> languages make the job easier than others.
> 

As an example, I used to be a Perl fan, until I tried Ruby and found I
could write the same functionality in Ruby and get it clean and running
in about half the time it took in Perl.  Add on top of that Ruby being
more easy to make readable and maintainable.  But this is a rather
fundamental thing you shouldn't have to argue about.  It isn't hard to
prove that IBM JCL on a 360 platform is harder to implement a website in
than Rails, Django, or (gag!) .Net.  Beyond that though, often the
culture is more of a help or hindrance than the framework, so why not
pick one you like or that pleases your customer.  Personally I like open
source as I expect it will be a better resource for the communities
around me, but I think that is a natural selection choice and I would
not want another to sink because of my recommendations.  Whatever you
eat, will likely eat you in the fashion you see as natural for the world
I think.

;^)

> It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be
> privileged to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to
> corrupt the youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles.
>     -- George Bernard Shaw
> 


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but on good design of the functional unit,
not on winning battles, but on preservation.