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[OT] my language is better than yours

[OT] my language is better than yours

Posted Dec 27, 2012 12:43 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: [OT] my language is better than yours by oldtomas
Parent article: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

> Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications?

A more relevant example indeed.

Not a great language but infinitely better (and especially: safer) than C++ in the hands of Joe the 8-to-5 enterprise software developer.

Both recently displaced by Java and .NET languages as explained in this brilliant, on-topic and highly recommended article:
http://arstechnica.com/features/2012/10/windows-8-and-win...

> (Sorry. I was to weak to stay out of this language flamefest. I tried, I tried).

It looks like any complex computing technology is bound to make computer "scientists" emotional and irrational. Maybe because of the enormous brain investment they require?


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