The Java-the-script example is brilliant. I’ve tried explaining that problem to rational programmers but have never managed such a succinct gut-punch.
What I still cannot fathom is why anyone would ever write “Hello world.” in a language with behavior like that, much less write applications used by Fortune 500 companies. It’s like it was designed to introduce horrific security problems.
Brian Redman, then at Bellcore, is credited with the jem “It’s not true that Unix ain’t User Friendly. We just ain’t got no f’in friendly users!”
The Java-the-script example is brilliant. I’ve tried explaining that problem to rational programmers but have never managed such a succinct gut-punch.
What I still cannot fathom is why anyone would ever write “Hello world.” in a language with behavior like that, much less write applications used by Fortune 500 companies. It’s like it was designed to introduce horrific security problems.
Wait. Silly me.