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Re:Why must you laugh at my back end? by georgieporgie on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:33PM (#2942634)
These old CF developers are, in my anecdotal experience, the kind people that learned one type of development and stuck with it for a long, long time.

That's basically the majority of developers, in any language.

I'm not going to bother defending the mindset of the author, though I suggest that if you examine concepts like toolset familiarity, code craftsmanship, and zen, you may see that his way is a path to happiness. (and honestly, from what I recall of CF in my college days, I liked it no less than PHP)

Re:Why must you laugh at my back end? by ary on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @02:40PM (#2942668)
> That's basically the majority of developers, in any language.

You have a point there, but I'd argue that on a platform like the web the impact of skill stagnation is much bigger.