Re: Help a journalist with an article

[Esther Schindler <esther@...>]

The article is live. Thanks to all for the help!

6 Scripting Languages Your Developers Wish You'd Let Them Use
Several up-and-coming scripting languages--some open-source--are  
gaining popularity among software developers. These dynamic  
programming languages, including Groovy, Scala, Lua, F#, Clojure and  
Boo, deserve more attention for your enterprise software development,  
even if your shop is dedicated to Java or .NET. Here's why.
http://cio.com/article/454520/ 
_Scripting_Languages_Your_Developers_Wish_You_d_Let_Them_Use


On Oct 9, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Esther Schindler wrote:

> I'm doing an article for CIO.com on "5 [or whatever] languages that  
> ought to be on your [IT Manager's] radar," and I'd like to include  
> Lua. I'm looking for a short statement on why it's useful, and why  
> the boss ought to let you use it for enterprise work. Any takers?
>
> This is meant to be a short-and-sweet article: just its name, URL,  
> a quick formal definition, and then one or two quotes from  
> developers about why they think it's valuable. Imagine that you're  
> trying to convince someone's boss to let you use it. What would you  
> say?
>
> (This is a follow-up to http://www.cio.com/article/446829/ 
> PHP_JavaScript_Ruby_Perl_Python_and_Tcl_Today_The_State_of_the_Scripti 
> ng_Universe in case you care. Some folks pointed out that a few  
> "obvious" languages should have been included. I'm happy to comply.)
>
> --Esther Schindler
>   senior online editor, CIO.com