> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Richard Baker
... > > Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil. > > Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory now teach Java as their > introductory language. What do you think of that? (When I did my > postgrad diploma there they taught us Modula-3 first, then ML, then C, > Java and Prolog.) Java is also the most widely used programming language in the world. What the heck is so evil about it? And why isn't anyone singing the praises of Python in this thread?! Even more important, why isn't anyone pointing out that the choice of languages depends very much on the task at hand; Perl is similar but more appropriate to smaller projects. Python makes sense for projects that need to be finished quickly. Java makes sense for enterprise projects that need to be deployed widely. C and C++ make sense for commercial packaged software. Postscript beats everything for page description. R is the language of choice for statistics. What's more, Perl, Python and Java benefit greatly from OPC -- Other Peoples' Code. Who else here ever learned Algol? And how about SPURT, the first language I ever learned. That was Sperry-Univac machine language, in hexadecimal. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
