different languages tend to attract different personalities
eg. people from c/c++ are more conservatives and like to know the internals of everything..
Javascript(PHP?) tend to attract people who wants instant reward, without too much work..
to point out that a little more is easy to see that even here at HN.. when a new project come from c/c++/go etc..
the tools are more sophisticated and take more planning, labor and research to see the light.. so this kind of projects tend to endure a little bit more
on the other half javascripters launch are more fragmented and you see a lot of iterations over the same problems already solved by previous framework as just because its a matter of taste
combining the technologies one like most..
i cant say this for every developer of course, im sure there are people away from this pattern.. but its a just a feeling from the outside.. i come from other generation i guess.. ut when i was younger pascal, delphy and php were cool and just get things done..
i think its also a question of age.. when you are younger you are more pragmatic, and want everything fast and instant..
Javascript is that platform now.. the one who tends to call the younger and people who are starting programming..
this is not a critic, and not a bad thing at all.. its just more a general observation.. so excuse-me if i was unfair in anyway (thats the problem with generalizations though)
Well the problem with pragmatism its just that... people start doing things with a low critical thinking about the tool they are using..
they tend to experiment less with other languages and the different solutions those languages may point out..
so the problem pointed out by miguel de icaza over the callbacks.. they were spread all around in the code like if they were
the solution for everything.. or just _to get things done_
to be fair this is not _just_ a problem of javascript or another language.. its technology in general and the open source..
people should be more cooperative and less competitive.. why create a new blog engine just because you want to use another template system
and do not try to help the other project by adding the template system you like..
there are much of ego in technology today.. people want to be the new linus torvalds, or the new steve jobs..
but behind all of those big stars, and what they acomplished, there A LOT of people working in the same project
, all together.. so its the real spirit of cooperation behind it, even if they dont tkae the medals.. they deserve it
they are also the everyday heros
you can argue that this is may outside of the scope of this post.. but im trying to point what i think are the
real reasons, of why those things are happening.. and its not enough to look just at technology..
we need to take a look at the people behind it and how they move..
just my 2 dollars (because this comment its a little big for 2 cents)
Javascript(PHP?) tend to attract people who wants instant reward, without too much work..
to point out that a little more is easy to see that even here at HN.. when a new project come from c/c++/go etc.. the tools are more sophisticated and take more planning, labor and research to see the light.. so this kind of projects tend to endure a little bit more
on the other half javascripters launch are more fragmented and you see a lot of iterations over the same problems already solved by previous framework as just because its a matter of taste combining the technologies one like most..
i cant say this for every developer of course, im sure there are people away from this pattern.. but its a just a feeling from the outside.. i come from other generation i guess.. ut when i was younger pascal, delphy and php were cool and just get things done.. i think its also a question of age.. when you are younger you are more pragmatic, and want everything fast and instant.. Javascript is that platform now.. the one who tends to call the younger and people who are starting programming..
this is not a critic, and not a bad thing at all.. its just more a general observation.. so excuse-me if i was unfair in anyway (thats the problem with generalizations though)
Well the problem with pragmatism its just that... people start doing things with a low critical thinking about the tool they are using.. they tend to experiment less with other languages and the different solutions those languages may point out..
so the problem pointed out by miguel de icaza over the callbacks.. they were spread all around in the code like if they were the solution for everything.. or just _to get things done_
to be fair this is not _just_ a problem of javascript or another language.. its technology in general and the open source..
people should be more cooperative and less competitive.. why create a new blog engine just because you want to use another template system and do not try to help the other project by adding the template system you like..
there are much of ego in technology today.. people want to be the new linus torvalds, or the new steve jobs.. but behind all of those big stars, and what they acomplished, there A LOT of people working in the same project , all together.. so its the real spirit of cooperation behind it, even if they dont tkae the medals.. they deserve it they are also the everyday heros
you can argue that this is may outside of the scope of this post.. but im trying to point what i think are the real reasons, of why those things are happening.. and its not enough to look just at technology.. we need to take a look at the people behind it and how they move..
just my 2 dollars (because this comment its a little big for 2 cents)