[Melbourne-pm] Dancing around the event horizon

[Kahlil Hodgson]

He he. The reasons are quite funny.

Java because its faster and more memory efficient than interpreted
languages like Perl.
PHP because Facebook uses it and you can easily outsource development to
India.
.Net because, well, its obviously the industry standard.
Python because its got all the data bindings you could possible want, and
data is important -- BIG DATA -- right?

I've opted for Python as the lesser of the various evils.

K



Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson                       GPG: C9A02289
Head of Technology                         (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382
DealMax Pty Ltd                            GitHub: @tartansandal

Suite 1416
401 Docklands Drive
Docklands VIC 3008 Australia

"All parts should go together without forcing.  You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you.  Therefore,
if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason.  By all
means, do not use a hammer."  -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925

On 3 June 2015 at 15:49, Toby Corkindale <
toby.corkindale at strategicdata.com.au> wrote:

> So, what language or languages are approved of by investors?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kahlil Hodgson" <kahlil.hodgson at dealmax.com.au>
> > To: "melbourne-pm" <melbourne-pm at pm.org>
> > Sent: Monday, 1 June, 2015 8:44:41 AM
> > Subject: [Melbourne-pm] Dancing around the event horizon
> >
> > ​Its been a sad few days.​
> >
> > ​For the ​
> > ​passed ​
> > 7 years
> > ​, ​
> > DealMax
> > ​has been​
> > a
> > ​ proud Perl shop
> > ​. We've written a lot of code over that time. I'm quite proud of what we
> > managed to acheive with so little resoruces and constantly changing
> > requirements.​ I largely attribute our ability to weather various storms
> to
> > having a fast, lean and expressive language at our core. I have fought
> > valiantly to keep it, but sadly, it is not to be:
> >
> > ​
> > ​It ​
> > has now become a condition of funding
> > ​that we move to a more mainstream technology
> > ​.
> >
> > Bugger.
> >
> > Kal
> > ​
> >
> > Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289
> > Head of Technology (m) +61 (0) 4 2573 0382
> > DealMax Pty Ltd GitHub: @tartansandal
> >
> > Suite 1416
> > 401 Docklands Drive
> > Docklands VIC 3008 Australia
> >
> > "All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
> > the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore,
> > if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
> > means, do not use a hammer." -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
> >
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