106 Miles to Chicago

Fish, bad

Ryan Tomayko posts one of the best takes on the whole Rails vs. Java issue which seemingly sprouts up every few days. Read it.

I think the key to overcoming this problem is just to keep on talking. Over time it will become apparent that you can't measure dynamic language approaches under the static language microscope and then maybe we can just get on with things and start figuring out where the two environments can work together. It is perhaps not an accident that some of the most beautiful places in nature are the coasts where two strange environments meet.