Everyone has something that they would leave an otherwise enjoyable/comfortable/paying job for if asked to do. I think the question is not whether you can use a particular module or not, but what reasoning process (if any) is behind that decision. I wouldn't accept arbitrary denial. There should be solid reason for going against my recommendation or judgement in any particular situation, just as I should have a logical argument behind that recommendation in the first place. After all, they hired me to make the technical decisions (I'm pretty sure it wasn't my stunning personality). Generally, if I want to use a tool that nobody else here uses (like, oh....perl for instance), it's for a good reason, and I can argue for it on it's technical merits, but I'm perfectly comfortable in not getting what I want if there's a good counter-argument against it.
Similarly, I'll often use an inferior tool to get the job done just because that's what my coworkers are most comfortable with. Win95 and AppleScript both come immediately to mind.
#!/usr/bin/fnord

In reply to RE: Why do monks put up with it? by d4vis
in thread Why do monks put up with it? by Ovid

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