Comments on: The size of your tool-belt http://blog.amber.org/2006/03/11/the-size-of-your-tool-belt/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: petrilli http://blog.amber.org/2006/03/11/the-size-of-your-tool-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-6074 petrilli Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:13:14 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/03/11/the-size-of-your-tool-belt/#comment-6074 I don't mean that a single problem needs multiple languages, just simply that one needs multiple perspectives. Similar to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, I believe that the language you write in constrains your ability to solve a problem effectively. I also do not consider simple knowledge of a language, or its syntax, to be enough to call it a "tool." A tool implies you are actually skilled in its use. I don’t mean that a single problem needs multiple languages, just simply that one needs multiple perspectives. Similar to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, I believe that the language you write in constrains your ability to solve a problem effectively.

I also do not consider simple knowledge of a language, or its syntax, to be enough to call it a “tool.” A tool implies you are actually skilled in its use.

]]> By: Isaac Gouy http://blog.amber.org/2006/03/11/the-size-of-your-tool-belt/comment-page-1/#comment-6073 Isaac Gouy Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:57:28 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/03/11/the-size-of-your-tool-belt/#comment-6073 "If your tool-belt doesn’t have half-a-dozen languages or more in it, and a lot of other gadgets, then you’re just simply not a very good programmer." If the tool-belt has half-a-dozen languages or more, the owner may just be a novelty-driven gadget-freak to busy trying out new languages to become skilled in any of them. If you think there are no problem domains where a single language will allow excellent solutions, you may have been misinformed. “If your tool-belt doesn’t have half-a-dozen languages or more in it, and a lot of other gadgets, then you’re just simply not a very good programmer.”

If the tool-belt has half-a-dozen languages or more, the owner may just be a novelty-driven gadget-freak to busy trying out new languages to become skilled in any of them.

If you think there are no problem domains where a single language will allow excellent solutions, you may have been misinformed.

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