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Re:PG: If starting Viaweb today, would you use Lisp? by brlewis on Friday July 27, 2007 @08:27AM (#37064)
In photography, there are way more other things to worry about than what kind of camera you're using, but you'll notice the pros don't use point-and-shoot.

A piano concert's quality depends much more on the pianist than the piano, but you'll notice the pros don't give concerts on uprights.

If you have a choice of several languages, it is, all other things being equal, a mistake to program in anything but the most powerful one.

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Re:PG: If starting Viaweb today, would you use Lisp? by Zak on Saturday July 28, 2007 @02:37PM (#37323)
True, but all other things are rarely equal. I recently talked to a client about building a simple online project tracking app. I think it would be a mistake to use anything but Rails, as the application is already more than half done as soon as Rails is installed.
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