Timeline for Does language endorsement by different platforms (Android, iOS) hurt app development?
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| Oct 9, 2012 at 3:07 | comment | added | John Bode | @Yar: As always, I can only speak to my own experience. My first real project out of college required me to deliver code in each of Ada ('83 vintage), C, Fortran 77, SQL, and DCL (shell for DEC VAXen). Almost every job I had in the '90s required me to learn a new language or technology. Even now I split my time between C++ and Perl. I can't always vouch for the quality of the code, but it's usually not a horrorshow. If I can manage it, it ain't that hard. | |
| Oct 8, 2012 at 23:09 | comment | added | Dan Rosenstark | "any programmer worth his or her pay should be able to learn new languages and toolkits quickly." In my experience, most of those who think they have that ability do not, in fact, though they can get impossible-to-update, inflexible working code out the door for the first prototype. Learning languages takes time, passion and interest, and it's not for every programmer who is worth his or her pay. That said, the rest of the answer is valid, +1 :) | |
| May 5, 2011 at 16:29 | history | answered | John Bode | CC BY-SA 3.0 |