I read that within the last week or two. I don't remember why or how, but I have a feeling we found it in a similar way.

Languages like Java and Cobol have their place. I think they're criticized for being business languages that are made to prevent people from screwing up too badly. That doesn't make them bad. The world shouldn't limit itself to highly skilled programmers and software users. There could be people in between. The world also shouldn't limit itself to ugly programming languages that take a long time to learn due to all of the idioms and modules and miscellaneous features that you're expected to make use of.

A language designed for its creator doesn't take others into consideration, and that's no better than designing one that's semi-idiot proof, as I've heard Java described. In a community that shuns the use of scripts with global variables and without strict despite whether it has any effect on the maintainer, I'd expect people to like languages that baby the programmer, like Java, more than languages like C. On the other hand, there seems to be very little reasoning behind the shunning, so I suppose people here just favor what they've heard was good.

In reply to Re: I'm glad I know a little perl... by Wassercrats
in thread I'm glad I know a little perl... by kiat

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