Good point, however please note that the OP doesn't say anything about *ranking* programming languages, but just *comparing* them.

It may seem like a subtle difference, but the point is that comparison is *not* pointless when you want to: 1) compare two or more languages that are potentially capable of mutual substitution (eg deciding b/t Java and CSharp dotNet, SVG or Flash); or 2) get "big picture" aspects of a language you are not familiar with (eg how difficult is it to install, find documentation, etc); or 3) discern its principle proponents and industry niche (eg, finance, law, medicine, manufacturing)

The very fact that people tend to equate "comparison" with "choosing which is better than the other" underscores my point that a non-emotion-laden metric like the HelloWorld.foo test has some merit.

In reply to Re^2: Programming Language Comparison Level 0: the HelloWorld metric by dimar
in thread Programming Language Comparison Level 0: the HelloWorld metric by dimar

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