Re: Interesting take on Paradigms (OO vs Procedural)

In article <65dbahF2fprkhU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Pete Dashwood <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

[snip]

>Programmers generally don't get to vote on what language will be used on
the 
>sites where they work. Instead, the site mandates certain languages and 
>approaches, and then recruits people with those skills. And that is 
>reasonable, because programmers are generally not concerned with the
welfare 
>of a given site (apart from the fact that if it goes broke they are faced

>wth the inconvenience of getting another job); rather, they are concerned

>primarily with making a living.
>
>You might think that would make them aware of changing technology and
eager 
>to embrace new ideas.
>
>Paradoxically, it doesn't. Having invested years in gaining proficiency
with 
>a given language, they then seek to protect their investment by resisting

>change and trying to persuade others that it is unnecessary and
inefficient.
>
>Only when the site management actually insist that the new stuff be 
>implemented, and when many other sites have adopted it and thereby
changed 
>the market place for programming skills, will you find some of them
getting 
>down to coming to grips with it.

Thanks very much, Mr Dashwood... I'd call that quite mirth-inspiring, as 
sweeping generalisations about 'programmers' offer me about as much 
amusement as sweeping generalisations about 'mainframers'.

DD