Joss,
What the JavaScript developers did in he last 10 years can compare to what Picasso did on painting: a modern and ever growing system out of an outdated, presumably dumb language. It is indeed a similar example.

>I think I have understood your post well enough. Most developers are not Picassos. And your new Picasso example is not the same example as before. In this new example both painters use the same tools therefore obviously the more expert painter will do better. That was not the original scenario.
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>>Jos,
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>>I don't really care whether you agree or not with a post you misunderstood.
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>>To illustrate my point, Picasso and an average painter do totally different paintings using the same tools. The difference lies in 3 areas:
>>1- Picasso is talented for painting
>>2- Picasso has teamed with many other painters like Braque and others
>>3- Picasso has worked much more than other painters
>>Nowhere does the tooling play any role in Picasso's work.
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>>What counts most is how much collective intelligence a community puts in using its tools.
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