“Rail” is now a dirty word
I myself think that these days, there is no right or wrong development language – it is the best tool for best job. For example, I know PHP is not the most efficient or secure of languages, but I am familiar with it, and like its flexibility and speed of development. Where is all goes wrong is when people try to make something bigger than it deserves. The unscalable heap of hype that is Ruby-on-Rails is good example – usually development speed is proportionally sacrificed with application server performance. RoR excels in this – many a company have been sucked into the expensive maintenance nightmare that is RoR. Great for startups/enthusiasts/small websites – but can be a killer on long-term projects. Hype should never surround a development language, it is too fundamental to be creating illusions around. But doesnt stop some people …
Convert Cobol to Visual Basic or C++ WHY???
This is just a funny idea – I love COBOL as a language, but so bizarre to see a need to convert it to the heap-of-crap that is Visual Basic – the equivalent of using a wheelchair whilst on crutches. No slur on lordcobol intended! You might find a use for it yourself, I guess [...]
