[ale] Ruby vs C, a non-technical chat

[Chris Fowler]

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> From: "Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us>
> To: ale at ale.org
> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 11:50:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Ruby vs C, a non-technical chat

> I like to write the heavy lifting in C++, and then use SWIG to generate the
> API for prototyping/automation/testing/etc., which keeps all the doors open
> anyway. Static C++ code is easier to support when you're not the one with
> the hands on the system, too. It's just amazing how many "IT professionals"
> will completely screw up your scripting code for no other reason than they
> could read it and they thought they could solve their problem without
> calling you, but they only made it worse instead, and they broke the
> system's remote access, and... well, you don't see IT n00bs really messing
> with ELF files all that much.

They don't touch my stuff. They only get to run it. Sometimes I may even run it through Acme::EyeDrops to so that they really can't touch it. No one sees my code. My goal is to use Linux to deliver a system to those that do not need to know Linux. I could be the only Linux system in your Windows shop. 
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