[plug] MS Curriculum at schools and TAFEs ...

[The Thought Assassin]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Simon Scott wrote:
> I believe that no single language is 'the next big thing' or 'the
> current big thing', and it is dangerous to claim that some language is.

Sorry, I shall revise my statement: "Java is _a_ current big thing, and
bigger in some ways than the other current big things". How was that?

> It leads to people writing programs in languages that arent suited to
> the task, just because they already know it....

If I led anyone to do that, I humbly apologise and will go and shoot
myself. I can assure you I'll never use Java where it isn't appropriate.:)

> JAVA might be 'the current big thing', but thats only until it is
> replace by next month's 'current big thing'

Yes, but that doesn't make the "next-big-thing" predictions wrong.

> Choose the language to suit the task, even if you have to learn it
> from scratch, and you cant go wrong I reckon.

If only every developer were as wise and as ready to learn as you are.

-Greg Mildenhall