[Bendug] Bored

[Tim Howe]

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:27:44 -0800
PaulD <pauldacus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yarg! You'll get little joy when talking about .NET or ColdFusion here! ASP?
> Lord....

	Well, I wouldn't want to discourage someone from getting deep into a
language they are comfortable with.  You will learn more that way than
beginning a new language.

	My personal experience, after being a casual programmer for about 10
years and using about 12 different languages, is that Ruby has actually made me
a better programmer than I ever was before.  I understand more concepts and I
am thinking about deeper issues without syntax or confusion getting in my way.
I honestly feel like I could go back to C++ now and be much better at it.  I
can only explain this in personal terms.

	My impressions seem to be supported by Paul's success with Ruby, having
less experience than I do.

	But keep doing what you are doing.  Especially if you're making money!

	To anyone interested in how you can make your websites more accessible,
check out the W3C's Web Accessabilty Initiative at http://www.w3.org/WAI/

--TimH