Cars

Cars

Posted May 2, 2007 17:18 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
In reply to: What, again? by ms
Parent article: The Rise of Functional Languages (Linux Journal)

There's nothing wrong with cars. Cars get lots of people where they need to go. When you need a fleet of truck-and-trailer rigs, though, or container ships, or earth-movers, a car just won't do.

Python and Perl, by this analogy, are Toyota sedans. Erlang is an SUV. They're perfectly capable, and they get the kids to soccer practice better than anything else. Just don't confuse them with what you need for heavy work. It's easy to miss how much serious work is being done in C++, just as you don't much notice cargo ship traffic. You would certainly notice if it ever stopped.

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