I was half expecting this to be a story about Lisp.
7 Person Year Application Rewritten in 2 Person Months
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Re: 7 Person Year Application Rewritten in 2 Person Months
#42I was half expecting this to be a story about Lisp.
I was wondering when someone would finally make a comment about Lisp. In fact, this could very easily be a story about Lisp. Using Lisp to create grammars to read and execute specification files. This developer was forced by the client to write entirely in Java, but would probably have used Lex and Yacc, plus Java, if given a choice. I suspect, folks around here could get the exact same results in Lisp. The key is, Lisp programmers have likely been taught to think about the problem in a similar manner. The key is how you think about the problem, not the specific tools you use.
Re: 7 Person Year Application Rewritten in 2 Person Months
#43He's talking about SCADA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA ) Sounds really impressive. If anyone has ever worked with PLCs you know what a nightmare it is to interface with them and deal with their primitve data types. Not to mention programming them in ladder logic (yeah, most industrial machines are still programmed in ladder logic straight from the 1800s.) So he's not kidding, this is a BIG deal.
I hate, no I HATE that language...
Re: 7 Person Year Application Rewritten in 2 Person Months
#44How would it benefit Chrysler to open the source? According to this article, their software gives them a competitive advantage. Why would they want to share it with other companies?