[Info-vax] Building for Customers, Revenue

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <gbYRv.159900$p7.152940 at fx26.iad>,
> 	Shark8 <OneWingedShark at gmail.com> writes:
>> On 9/16/2014 5:55 AM, bill at server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>>> And are we supposed to somehow understand that it was the use of C++
>>> that caused this?
>>>
>>> bill
>> I think that the point is that C++ was chosen because it was 
>> popular/modern -- yet the programmers still fell into the Y2K trap.
> 
> I can't think of any language that cold have prevented that.  :-)
> 
> I have long been an advocate of the idea that one of the first steps
> in Software Engineering is choosing the right tool for the job.  I
> have never gotten any traction with that and the preference remains
> picking the language du jour no matter how badly suited it is to the
> job.
> 
> bill
> 

And the best tool for any job is ....

Still the champ, a human brain.

However, it must be engaged, and open to all possibilities.