i used to enjoy reading the magazine/flyer from Programmer’s Paradise. Back in the dos (ie. before the internet) it was one of the only two places to get information on or buy products for programmers. The other is the now defunct Computer Language magazine (too bad about that too, because at least they wouldn’t take the python-or-delphi-is-the-best-programming-language-ever tact that dr. dobb’s does.) news for the delphi folks, it’s pascal. super-duper pascal, but pasal just the same. of course python is what ruby wants to be when it grows up.

anyway, i ordered few things from programmers paradise. i stopped when there wasn’t anything listed under $500 dollars. and now, there’s not much listed under $1000. that pretty much completely eliminates the home/hobby developer. and to a certain extent eliminates the medium sized business.

it’s not programmer’s paradise fault, microsoft always had high prices for their compilers with maybe the exception of quickbasic. borland used to have great compilers in the $100 range, but now $2265 is not out of the question for some of the stuff they sell.

for the most part i don’t need to work in compiled languages anymore. compilers are too expensive and somewhere along the line the fun was sucked out of programming with a compiled language… windows helped that along but making a 2000+ function api.

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