Comment on: Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things theyve been asked to do
This whole thing is silly bullshit, honestly. Bill Sourour was a little pansy for writing the article BI is talking about. I won't argue that ethical dilemmas in programming don't exist, but Sourour's wasn't real. Basically this comes down to what everyone else here is saying; if the programmer doesn't write the code, the company will find someone else who does. It's not an ethical dilemma to do your fucking job (in the case of Sourour).
Comment on: The Lie That Has Beguiled A Generation Of Developers
JS is far from perfect, true. And while it may encourage bad habits, it doesn't mean it's not completely viable for the future. Filled with magic and unicorns? Of course not. I agree with what you're saying.
Even if the errors with JS are rectified, by say, replacing JS. I still think would be viable for future developers. I mean, Java isn't a beautiful language, but it has a large existing codebase, so there's a need for developers who can work with Java. The future may hold the same opportunity for JS devs. Even if we replace/fix JS, the new opportunities are going to be with jobs needed to maintain old JS.
Comment on: Argument for using Mono for Linux development. I'm sorta suspicious of Mono but okay.
C#/.NET is good for only-Windows development, because .NET is a first-class citizen in Windows. Mono doesn't seem to be there yet for Linux, so I don't think that C#/Mono is good for only-Linux development yet.
I would have to disagree. With the open-sourcing of the .NET framework C# dev on Linux has been pretty good. Plus, if you write an application in C# in Linux using GTK# it can still run in Windows. Dev'ing for Linux in C# doesn't mean you'll only be able to run in Linux.
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