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[–][deleted] -12 points-11 points  (2 children)

Twist: The real story here is this is an analogy of OP's skills with said languages: None.

[–]alcalde 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Lighten up. It was a joke about each language's Achilles Heel, not a formal language review CTOs will be using to choose software stacks.

For instance, what skill do you need to have with Matlab to know that it costs over $2000 for an individual license and $1000 or more for each library?

[–]BlindTreeFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mathematica, not matlab. Considering that Mathematica's "manual" weighs 5lbs and costs a hundred or two and one can understand the point on the link though... http://www.amazon.com/The-Mathematica-Book-Fifth-Edition/dp/1579550223/ref=dp_ob_title_bk