Text entry answers for sorted by frequency of occurrance.
| (2) | If I dislike the language, after a minimum investigation and no alternative, I go out or quit. |
| (1) | If I don't like the new language, I quit. Otherwise, I learn and dive in. |
| (1) | I'll decide based on my interest and career scope of the language. |
| (1) | I'll dive in only if I like that language |
| (1) | I'll use my tough-guy voice and convince them to use the language of my choice! |
| (1) | Impossible, the company only ever uses C# |
| (1) | It depends on language to dive |
| (1) | It depends on level of knowlege of language |
| (1) | It’s rare that a new language would deter. The obstacles are the code libraries and the (new) toolset required, particularly the debugger. |
| (1) | N/A |
| (1) | PANIC !!! |
| (1) | reflect on the fact that alas, bacon is not kosher |
| (1) | Run screaming "FIRE" so that maybe the boss will forget that they gave me the taks in the first place! |
| (1) | Study the language a little, then dive in and learn as I go. |
| (1) | Subclass Language From CListCtrl |
| (1) | Tell them I can't do it |
| (1) | there are no new languages just variations on a theme, except for Prolog. |
| (1) | Try out some R&D on small projects until I'm happy I understand the nuances of the language. |
| (1) | Try to convince them that either C++ or C# are the way to go. |
| (1) | Unless there's a good reason for me to learn the language, I say no |
| (1) | A mix from the two first options |
| (1) | Bacon |
| (1) | Bacon helps ;) |
| (1) | Depends on a language. |
| (1) | Depends on how marketable the new language is |
| (1) | Depends on the language, if it's VB I quit. Java I'd try to get out of the project. Most anything else I'd dive in and learn as I go. |
| (1) | eat as much bacon as possible |
| (1) | fetal position mumbling C++ library names over and over |
| (1) | Get the basic idea of the language and then DIVE-IN, let comes the horror... The most pathetic is VB (Very Boring) |
| (1) | I ask for some time to learn that language and then as per that i give the answer... |
| (1) | I dive, learn as I go but also buy some good books to speed-up learning |
| (1) | I learn some of the new language and then dive in |
| (1) | I recently found myself in this situation, after being the recipient of some Delphi 5 code and a friendly "The program still works, but there are a few features I'd like you to add." I added the features, but I wouldn't say I've learnt the language (Or want even to) |
| (1) | I tell the Customer that it may take more time then... |
| (1) | I try to convince them to do it in a language I am experieced with |
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