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Languages Versus D Languages Versus D- Growing table compares D, C, C++, C#, Java, Delphi, Python, Perl, Eiffel, Sather, Smalltalk, Lisp/CLOS, Ada. Many clarifying comments below. [Wiki4D, Open Cont… The Case against C The Case against C- Five short essays compare C (and C++ by extension) to Fortran: Why C is Not a Good Numerical Language, Why C is Not a Good First Language, C's Poor Loop Constr… The C Family of Languages The C Family of Languages- Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, James Gosling. Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems- Many comparisons between Tcl/Tk and other similar systems, most copied from comp.lang.tcl. 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall- Shows source code implementation for the same simple program across over 250 different programming languages. TMXxine Languages TMXxine Languages- Brief comparison Curl with High Level assembler, BCX, Dark Basic, Mono (C#/.Net implementation), Python, Squeak, XBasic/XBlite. Curl applet examples. Programming Languages Mini-howto Programming Languages Mini-howto- Briefly compares major Linux programming languages: C, C++, Fortran, Java, Lisp, Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl; by Risto S. Varanka. The BNF Web Club Language The BNF Web Club Language- Browse, explore some programming language syntax rules, see relations between rules, understand them via BNF (Backus-Naur Form notation) and syntactic d… What's Wrong with Perl What's Wrong with Perl- Author explains what he considers wrong about Perl, presents Python as an alternative. Descriptions, code samples, links. Ada, C, C++, and Java vs. The Steelman Ada, C, C++, and Java vs. The Steelman- Compares 4 programming languages (Ada 95, C, C++, Java) with the needs of "Steelman", original 1978 requirements document for Ada language.… Ada 95, Java, and C++ Ada 95, Java, and C++- Some think Java is like C++. Usual C++ idioms do not apply to Java as it is not a C++ superset or subset; Java is a derivation with many modifications, exte… CLOS, Eiffel, and Sather: A Comparison CLOS, Eiffel, and Sather: A Comparison- References, zipped Postscript, and inlined gifs. Guidelines for Choosing a Computer Language: Support for the Visionary Organizations Guidelines for Choosing a Computer Language: Support for the Visionary Organizations- Multipage study compares: 4GL/5GL, 3GL (Ada 95, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Java, Smalltalk), 2GL… Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language- Brian Kernighan's comparison of Pascal and C A Comparative Overview of C# A Comparative Overview of C#- Also compares C#, Java, C++. By Ben Albahari. PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook- Suite of common programming problems solved in Ada, C++, Erlang, Guile, Haskell, Java, Masd, merd, NASM, Objective Caml, Perl,… Reasons for TOM Reasons for TOM- TOM attempts to address flaws in these languages: C++, Cecil, Common Lisp, Eiffel, Java, Objective-C, Smalltalk. Four-fold Increase in Productivity and Quality Four-fold Increase in Productivity and Quality- Published internal study, of Ericsson AXD 301 ATM switch project, using Erlang, C, C++, Java. Results: programmer productivity, cod… The Quine Page The Quine Page- Collection of self-reproducing programs: each outputs a copy of its own source code; about 60 languages. Programming Information from HB Programming Information from HB- Text descriptions compare C/C++, Java, Pascal, Basic, VeraStream; Oracle; HTML, XML; JavaScript, PHP. Programming Language Comparison Programming Language Comparison- Table and text compares many features of some popular object-oriented languages: C++, C#, Eiffel, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, Visual Basi… What I Hate About Your Programming Language What I Hate About Your Programming Language- Text treats general aspects of language choices, then compares hatred of Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, XSLT, SQL.…