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Wojtek Skulski wrote:
>On Fri, 19 May 2006, Bob Walkden wrote:
>
>> It probably wouldn't matter. I'm sure BB would win on most measures,
but
>> there simply isn't the critical mass of programmers available to hire.
>> Probably none of those I work with have any knowledge of CP's
existence, and
>> there is certainly no desire to learn a language which will make them
>> unemployable.
>
>An interesting point. If I know Fortran then I am employable, but when I
>know both Fortran and Oberon then I become unemployable?
>
>W.
The problem is what economists call "opportunity costs". When you make
a decision to spend resources, whether time or physical resources, you
take into account not only the cost of your time and the cost of your
physical resources, but also the benefit you would get if you spent
your time and resources on other options. In this case, the developer
considers not only the cost of his or her time to become proficient in
BB, but must weigh it against the benefit that would be achieved
spending the time to become proficient in a different more-mainstream
technology. For those of us who become proficient in BB in our spare
time as a hobby, the opportunity costs are low, because BB competes
with other things we would do in our spare time. But for professional
development, the opportunity costs are high, as Bob has pointed out.
Stan
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