Hmm... "The task in hand" covers a multitude of considerations, not least -- probably most -- is long-term support implications. I have worked on systems where every new language fashion has been enthusiastically embraced for many years. The owner of such a system needs -- but normally does not have -- an increasingly polyglot programming army to look after it.
Steve Hobson IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> wrote on 31/01/2018 13:09:59: > From: Tom Marchant <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 31/01/2018 13:10 > Subject: Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM - Thank you Kirk Wolf > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> > > On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:15:12 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: > > >There is no best language. There is only the best available > language for the task at hand. > > I'd say it a little differently. > The best language for a particular programmer to implement the task at hand. > > -- > Tom Marchant > Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU
