Subj : Re: Four Programming Questions
To   : comp.programming
From : Phlip
Date : Mon Jul 11 2005 10:26 pm

W. D. Allen Sr. wrote:

> Question one: Which language (basic, C++, java, etc) is easiest for
learning
> computer programming?

Ruby.

> Question Two: Which language is best for scientific programming?
> Question Three: Which language is best for web programming?
> Question Four: Which language is best for games programming?

It is a sad commentary on the state of our art, and the state of our
education, that people think of languages as "good for" this or that
situation. All programming languages should support scientific calculations
in a client-server model with scriptable outputs and animated 4D outputs.

Tool vendors promote their tools by targetting one specific market, and by
growing a community of programmers using that tool for that market. This
helps branding, and filling out the library, but it's not really what
programming is all about.

Ask which language supports unit-testing best.

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  Phlip
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