The reason for that brings me back to my original point that there are too many people jumping in the language debates who really have no business being there. It's the equivalent of me trolling my photography friends saying that Sony makes amazing cameras because when I go on vacation I can just whip one out and take a decent shot, whereas the girl who didn't have her 4000$ SLR with her totally missed out on the opportunity. While 100% true, I'm really just derailing their conversation on the relative benefits of their cameras with something completely besides the point.
they all judge their peers on the results they produce.
* Posters above are arguing that the end result that programmers are judged upon is revenue. * You're arguing that the end result that craftsmen are judged upon is quality.
If a plumber is doing a terrible job but is doing well business-wise, I'd expect other plumbers to not look upon them so favourably
There are numerous ways to measure the success of a product. It depends on what it is meant to accomplish.
The real point is: it does not matter what tools you use, so long as you are able to reach success (in any number of ways a person may choose to define it).
You can obviously argue about which tools will best get you there, or give you the best chance to succeed.
I've seen plenty of entrepreneurs or developers, use a tool 85% good enough, to hit a homerun. It's little different than a good plan executed today being better than a perfect plan tomorrow. I believe there are exceptionally few cases in life or business where the '85% good enough' won't do the job. I've yet to see the 100% perfection set actually exist anyway.