Comments on: Scripting Will Not Overtake Professional Programming Languages http://apokalypsesoftware.com/blog/2007/05/24/38/ words from the wilderness Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kevin Walzer http://apokalypsesoftware.com/blog/2007/05/24/38/#comment-19 Kevin Walzer Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:49:23 +0000 http://www.apokalupse.com/blog/2007/05/24/38/#comment-19 Speaking as the guy whom Rixstep was flaming, I agree with you. I develop desktop apps in scripting languages, and my programs aren't simple hacks. "Certainly, dynamic languages lower the learning curve for writing software"...that's true. But when you've been using them for a few years, you do become acquainted " with the importance of structured methodologies, error handling and the like." Here's another take on the rise of scripting languages as serious developer tools: http://www.activestate.com/company/newsroom/whitepapers_ADL.plex Speaking as the guy whom Rixstep was flaming, I agree with you. I develop desktop apps in scripting languages, and my programs aren’t simple hacks. “Certainly, dynamic languages lower the learning curve for writing software”…that’s true. But when you’ve been using them for a few years, you do become acquainted ” with the importance of structured methodologies, error handling and the like.”

Here’s another take on the rise of scripting languages as serious developer tools:

http://www.activestate.com/company/newsroom/whitepapers_ADL.plex

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