Re: [xml-dev] Pushing all the buttons

From
Bob Foster <>
To
Rick Jelliffe <>, XML Dev <>
Date
2003-09-22T00:41:40Z
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<1d0b01c380a2$4a564190$6601a8c0@snobird>
Thread
Re: [xml-dev] Pushing all the buttons
From: "Rick Jelliffe" <>
> The "aha" line, however, is
>
>   "We believe that developers are to a large degree lazy. They find a
> concept that they're comfortable
>   with, they take that concept, and push it to the limit," said
> Pelegri-Llopart."
>
> Does anyone else read that as "Developers are stupid; how come everyone
> doesn't have efficiency as their
> first priority?"

An interesting comment from one of the design leads of JSP, which has
consistently evolved by favoring notational convenience over efficiency. ;-}

Bob Foster