Assaph Mehr
Posts: 76
Nickname: assaph
Registered: Apr, 2005
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Assaph is a Sr Tech Designer, which just means that he draws diagrams by day and programs by night
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YASDA
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Posted: Jun 14, 2005 7:42 PM
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This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Ruby Buzz
by Assaph Mehr.
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Original Post: YASDA
Feed Title: Open Mouth, Insert Foot (Echo Internationally)
Feed URL: http://www.bloglines.com/blog/AssaphMehr/rss
Feed Description: General geekness venting, mostly about Ruby and why Software Engineering != Computer Science, dammit!
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Yet Another Software Development Analogy
While bored on a train ride home and thinking of a thread on Java
performance, I came up with a pretty good analogy for software
languages: Shoes!
- It's a matter of taste: some people may like some models better than others.
.... The right tool for the right job is very much affected by the person wielding it.
- After a while you see the holes and get new ones.
.... ref LotY
- And the smell? It's your feet, not the shoes.
.... optimise your algorithm before complaining about the runtime.
Read: YASDA
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