Interesting...Joel may just be right

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# re: Interesting...Joel may just be right

by Troy Tuttle at 9/20/2007 8:58 AM

I think he's right on. Features matter 100% of the time, performance only matters a fractioin of that.

# re: Interesting...Joel may just be right

by Dewayne Christensen at 9/20/2007 5:50 PM

Seems to me there's a slight hole in part of his argument. He says that while JavaScript is slow today, don't be afraid to use it because machines will get faster, but then says not to use Java because...it's slow.

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