On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-googlegroups.620...@mired.org> wrote: >> Solution: don't have monolingual programmers on your team :) > What, we shouldn't hire Americans? :-)
Normally that joke is aimed at Brits like me :) > That only helps if everyone actually knows all the languages involved Well, smart people pick up new languages pretty easily and you don't need _experts_ in all those languages to make it work. > Except (in least in this case) some of the languages aren't on the > JVM. In fact, I'm starting to get pressure against Jython and Clojure > because of the legal mess that's starting to embroil the Java > world. Way off topic, but anyone got any advice on *that*? That's an interesting one. In my opinion it's a very paranoid (and uninformed) company that actually thinks they need to worry about *JVM*-based languages. There are multiple JVM implementations and none of the important ones are the subject of litigation. If you're not building Java-based apps for Android, why would they care? -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en