Subj : Re: Four Programming Questions
To   : comp.programming
From : Randy Howard
Date : Tue Jul 12 2005 01:49 am

Phlip wrote
(in article <4uBAe.323$dX5.98@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>):
> 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. 

No it is not.

> All programming languages should support scientific calculations
> in a client-server model with scriptable outputs and animated 4D outputs.

Completely false.  There is no reason for all languages to be 
"kitchen sink" languages with massive feature lists.  It makes 
much sense for there to exist programming languages tailored at 
specific problem domains.  Mathematica is an example of a 
variant of this.  Bloatware is already bad enough without trying 
to make every language support every possible usage.

> Ask which language supports unit-testing best.

Why ask something that only you care about?

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Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)

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