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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (379819)	4/22/2008 9:21:03 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578469

>>> It depends. You use the right tool for the application. You don't do like the French did in the 1980s when they tried to rewrite unix in Pascal. Unix could easily be written in Pascal, given the addition of a couple of the minor modifications that Borland made to Pascal. As to VISTA, it just isn't right for the business I work in (primarily, Part B providers). It may be fine for VA, but it is total overkill for the normal physician's office, and the user interface reeks of a Big Government project (to be fair, it is pretty impressive that VA was able to turn out something as good as it is). >>> When it comes to programming, you aren't even close to my league. Your bragging and self-laudatory remarks notwithstanding, neither of us has any idea what "league" the other is in when it comes to software development. I have no doubt you're a smart guy (smart, but just wrong about a lot of stuff). I doubt if you have written or supported as much code as I have, and I doubt if you have participated in the breadth of projects I have. And I doubt you have the number of total end-to-end designs under your belt I do. I've worked extensively in about 10 languages over the years, and have working knowledge of maybe 10 more. And with a couple of exceptions, they're all about the same. That said, if you work for a larger firm, it is possible you have more experience in selected areas than I do. Also, I tend to shift gears every few years and start up something in a different field, which means I don't spend 20 years doing the same job over and over. I would have to say that at this stage, programming is a fairly mundane activity and I spend more time today looking for ways to avoid it than I spend actually doing it.