Re: [Social-discuss] Re: The Next Step

[Brylie Oxley]

Thanks for your reply Dan. I agree that talking about, and especially 
mandating, language(s) at this point is preemptive.

On 05/12/2010 06:29 PM, Daniel Green wrote:
> > I am a novice programmer but I see projects such as JRuby, Jython, and Scala
> > which are gluing together languages and development paradigms. While I
> > recognize the importance of development on a ubiquitous language such as
> > PHP, I don't think that we should segregate our community at such an early
> > stage, if at all. We need Solidarity.
> >
> >      
> I can personally vouch for Scala and the Scala-based web framework "lift"
>
> However, is this really the proper time to start discussing languages?
> At least to me it feels too early in the game. Until we know exactly
> _what_ to program, programing language isn't ready to be decided,
> IMHO.
>
> Solidarity forever, fellow hackers!
>
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Brylie Oxley<address@hidden>  wrote:
>    
> >      
> > > * The current state of low-cost web hosting makes PHP and MySQL the
> > > clear contenders as the development platform of choice, much to the
> > > chagrin of some.
> > >
> > >        
> > Language choice is not simply a matter of chagrin. It is a matter of freedom
> > and cooperation. Lets keep talking about how to unify development efforts in
> > many languages (and locales) by developing a robust protocol and allowing
> > creative minds to flourish by using development methods of preference.
> >
> > Secondly, languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby are commonly supported on
> > cheap web hosts including 1and1, Arvixe, BlueHost, DreamHost, FastDomain,
> > FatCow, GoDaddy, Greenville, HostClear, HostGator, HostMonster, iPage,
> > ixWebHosting, JustHost, MochaHost, to name several.
> >
> > I am a novice programmer but I see projects such as JRuby, Jython, and Scala
> > which are gluing together languages and development paradigms. While I
> > recognize the importance of development on a ubiquitous language such as
> > PHP, I don't think that we should segregate our community at such an early
> > stage, if at all. We need Solidarity.
> >
> > --Brylie Oxley
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> >
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> >
> > "..ideas should freely spread from one [person] to another over the globe,
> > for the moral and mutual instruction of man[kind], and improvement of [our]
> > condition.." - -Thomas Jefferson
> >
> >
> >
> >