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50) this.border=1" border=1> | A Comparison of C++, FORTRAN 90 and Oberon-2 for Scientific Programming |
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The report concludes by a personal assessment of the three languages with respect to the numerical context. By Bernd M枚sli. The reader's experience in scientific programming in C or FORTRAN would be advantageous. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Willcam's Language Feature Simple Comparison |
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Table compares Java, Perl, Smalltalk, C++, C, Tcl, Shells (average). |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Language Critiques |
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Annotated links to critiques (Older version, by original author) |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Reasons for TOM |
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TOM attempts to address flaws in these languages: C++, Cecil, Common Lisp, Eiffel, Java, Objective-C, Smalltalk. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | The Zen of Python |
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By Tim Peters. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Perl versus ... |
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Tom Christiansen compares Perl to other languages, and some of the others to yet others. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | PLEAC: Programming Language Examples Alike Cookbook |
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Suite of common programming problems solved in Ada, C++, Erlang, Guile, Haskell, Java, Masd, merd, NASM, Objective Caml, Perl, Pliant, Python, Ruby, Tcl. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | The Quine Page |
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Collection of self-reproducing programs: each outputs a copy of its own source code; about 60 languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Python Compared to Other Languages |
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Many links to comparisons involving Python. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Why Tcl is Better than Perl |
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Says Tcl is simpler, more maintainable, has superior GUI interface; Perl is hard to maintain and embed, thread unsafe, complex to learn. No code samples, tables, graphs. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Beyond Java? |
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Compares Java and Dylan, with examples from building two CORBA IDL compilers. Topics include: multiple inheritance, multi-argument dispatch, unified object model, extensible syntax. Several code examples. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | A Comparative Overview of C |
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#Also compares C#, Java, C++. By Ben Albahari. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | HEL vs. WebL |
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A comparison of two languages specialized for retrieving and parsing HTML pages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Java vs. C |
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#Code for code comparison. All features on both languages are compared. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Ruby Versus Nine Object-Oriented Languages |
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Compares Ruby, Objective-C, Smalltalk-80, C++, Java, Python, CLOS, Perl5, PHP, Dylan. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Java versus C++ |
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This document compares the languages Java and C++. HTML, PS and PDF formats. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | The ROT13 Page |
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ROT13 implemented in many programming languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Contrast Ruby and Other Languages |
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Ruby vs Perl, Python, Tcl, Java, Eiffel, C++. Very short. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Qtime Collection, FTP Download, Gzipped |
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Display time as English sentence, coded in: AWK, C, ICI, Icon, JavaScript, Lite/mSQL, PHP3, Pike, Python, REBOL, Rexx, Ruby, SLang, Spanner. Tested on only Linux (all) and AmigaOS (C and Rexx versions). |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Survey of scripting language implementation options |
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A comparison of scripting language approaches in various categories. Pros and cons are given for each feature variation. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language |
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Brian Kernighan's comparison of Pascal and C |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Languages Table |
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By Capers Jones, Chairman, Software Productivity Research, Inc. Huge table of function point evaluation values (how many code lines needed for a task) compares 500 languages, dialects, and/or implementations. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | PL Prelim Notes |
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Lists and compares about 20 languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Guidelines for Choosing a Computer Language: Support for the Visionary Organizations |
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Multipage study compares: 4GL/5GL, 3GL (Ada 95, C, C++, COBOL, FORTRAN, Java, Smalltalk), 2GL (Assembly). Divides language (definition) from traits of products that implement and support it. Several sections, tables, appendixes. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Sun's Comparison of Language Features |
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Table graphic, uses good-fair-poor metric, compares Java, Smalltalk, Tcl, Perl, Shells, C, C++. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | CLOS, Eiffel, and Sather: A Comparison |
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Comprehensive, many references; zipped Postscript, inlined gifs. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Java vs. JavaScript |
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Similarities and Differences. From First Step Communications. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Linea Engineering, Inc.: Getting The Biggest Bang For Your Buck |
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Compares VisualGen, Smalltalk, C++/Java, ANSI COBOL 85. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | University of Michigan's Language Guide |
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Each entry includes history, description, code examples, and references. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Comparing Development Costs of C and Ada |
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Article by Stephen F. Zeigler. Analysis of a case where most variables were controlled enough to make a comparison between development costs (time, error rates, code size, ...) of the 2 languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | C++??: A Critique of C++ (3rd ed.) |
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A critical view on the C++ and C programming language. [Postscript] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Tcl Advocacy |
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Table, text, links compare Tcl, Perl, Python, JavaScript, Visual Basic. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Is Turing a Better Language for Teaching Programming than Pascal? |
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Compares Turing to Pascal, long text document, no tables or graphs; by Jacqueline L. Martin, 1996, many references. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Inferno/Limbo vs. JavaOS/Java |
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A small overview of the differences between Inferno/Limbo and JavaOS/Java. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Ada95, Java, and C++ |
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Some people think Java is like C++, but usual C++ idioms do not carry over to Java because Java is not a C++ superset or subset; Java is a derivation with many modifications, extensions. The language's syntax is alike, but semantics and philosophy is very |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Fortran90 vs. Ada95 |
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Compares Ada95 to Fortran90 via code samples, text. Well reasoned and written, many examples. Finds Ada equal or better than Fortran in all aspects but one marginal trait. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Ada, C, C++, and Java vs. The Steelman |
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Compares 4 programming languages (Ada95, C, C++, Java) with the requirements of "Steelman", original 1978 requirements document for Ada language. Big detailed table. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | The Great Computer Language Shootout |
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A collection of banchmarks performed on 24 different languages. Includes a tool to grade languages depending on how well they did on tests that matter for you. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Are scripting languages the wave of the future? |
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Programming guru, Robert Martin, on languages of the coming decade. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | ACM "Hello, World" Project |
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List of the famous "Hello, World!" programming teaching program, in hundreds of different languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programmers: Otters with Rocks? |
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Discusses historical move from low level languages to higher level interpreted ones, productivity, future developments. Active feedback response. [ZDNet News] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Object-Oriented Languages in the Industry: A Comparison |
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Table-based comparison of 4 major OO languages: Eiffel, C++, Java, Smalltalk. Criteria chosen to suggest where Eiffel is better. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Timing Trials, or, the Trials of Timing: Experiments with Scripting and User-Interface Languages |
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By Brian Kernighan, Christopher Van Wyk. Compares how fast C, Awk, Perl, Tcl, Java, Visual Basic, Limbo, Scheme, run a range of representative tasks. Text, tables, graphs, code samples. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | What's Wrong with Perl |
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Author explains what he considers wrong about Perl, presents Python as an alternative. Descriptions, code samples, links. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Language Comparison |
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Table compares popular object-oriented languages: Eiffel, Smalltalk, Ruby, Java, C++, Python, Perl, Visual Basic. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Information from HB |
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Text descriptions compare C/C++, Java, Pascal, Basic, VeraStream; Oracle; HTML, XML; JavaScript, PHP. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | C# From a Java Developer's Perspective |
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Comprehensive article by Dare Obasanjo, details most similarities and differences between the two languages: features Java has that C# doesn't, and features C# has that Java doesn't. Text, tables, code, resources. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Syntax Across Languages |
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Operator names and syntax elements in various programming languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | What I Hate About Your Programming Language |
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Text treats general aspects of language choices, then compares hatred of Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, XSLT, SQL. With many forum comments. [ONLamp.com] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | D vs Other Languages |
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Yes-No table with definitions compares D, C, C++, C#, Java, on: GC, functions, arrays, OOP, performance, reliability, compatibility, conditional compiling. [Digital Mars] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Just Say No to Microsoft: Programming Languages |
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Describes dozens of mostly living languages, grouped by family similarities. Most are alternatives to Microsoft. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | 1% the Code |
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Compares colorForth and C: Chuck Moore, father of Forth, expects colorForth applications to need only 1% the code of C programs. No code samples. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Advanced Programming Language Design |
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Book compares over 70 languages, and main classes: imperative, functional, object-oriented, dataflow, concurrent, declarative, aggregate. By Raphael Finkel, Addison-Wesley. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Ada versus Modula-3 |
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Compares similarities and differences, by user of both languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Java Benchmark |
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By Rene Grothmann. Compares sieve algorithm in Java and C/C++. Text, tables, live comparison applet. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Gnat and Linux: C++ and Java Under Fire |
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Compares Ada, Java, C, C++, Delphi. Text, tables. Gnat and Linux orientation. [Linux Gazette] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Is Ada a Better C? |
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Compares Ada, C, C++, language facilities under DOS. Copy of article in EXE magazine, May 1997, originally titled "Ada better than C++?" Text and code samples. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | The BNF Web Club Language |
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Browse, explore some programming language's syntactic rules. See relations between rules, understand them using BNF (Backus-Naur Form notation) and syntactic diagrams: SQL, PL/SQL, SQL2, IDL; Ada95, Java, Modula-2; Lazy, LISP, M5. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Informal Language Comparison Chart(s) |
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Links, and table comparing Ruby, Objective-C, Smalltalk-80 (old), SmallScript (Smalltalk-98 dialect), JavaScript 2.0 (ECMA Script), C#, C++, Java, Python, CLOS. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Language Critiques: Pascal, C, C++, and C-Linda |
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By Jim Basney. May 1995. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | TIOBE Programming Community Index |
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Monthly updated index that gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Quantifying the Debate: Ada vs. C++ |
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Tables and text compare Ada83, Ada95, C, C++; mainly costs, reliability. By Donald J. Reifer. [CrossTalk] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Developer's Dilemma: Perl or PHP? |
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By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. How to choose between two languages that are both very popular for Web development? Text, forum comments. [NewsFactor] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Is .NET's 'C' Sharper Than C++ or Java? |
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By Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier. Text compares a few aspects of C#, Java, C++. [NewsFactor] |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Ted Shieh's Programming Language Comparison |
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A comparison of the features of and demand for some of the major programming languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | How Does Ruby Compare With Python? |
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By John Dell'Aquila. Text description, no code samples, Ruby Garden FAQ entry from comp.lang.python post. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | TUNES Project: Programming Languages |
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Over 200 languages described, mostly original commentary, many deep insights, over 1,000 links. [Open Content] |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Java and C++ Resource Management Comparison |
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Detailed discussion of the techniques used in Java and C++ to implement leak free and exception safe resource management. Covers memory management, finalizers, destructors and finally blocks with examples. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Water Comparisons |
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Two medium length documents compare object-oriented languages: Water with ConciseXML syntax, to JSP (JavaServer Pages) and Java; 1 brief list compares Water to PHP. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Io Comparisons |
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Compares a few variables (size, speed, syntax) in many languages: Brain, C, Cel, F-Script, Forth (gForth, pForth), Icon, Java (Kaffe), Lisp (CLisp, Guile, LispMe, Scheme48), Lua, Perl, Pike, Python, Ruby, Self, Smalltalk (GNU, Squeak, SuperCollider), Tcl. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Java and Smalltalk Syntax Compared |
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Table and notes compare some elements of syntax of Java 1.1 to Smalltalk-80. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Examples of Programs in Different Programming Languages |
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Compares 129 (or 157?) languages, via 418 code samples, and growing. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Intelligent Systems |
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Table compares traits of DreamMaker, C/C++, Java/C#, Visual Basic, Assembly. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Language Categories |
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Brief text compares 6 basic language types: general scripting, programmer scripting, application development, low-level, pure functional, complete core. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Comparison of Oberon-2 with Modula-2 |
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Short text summary of main features of Oberon-2; target audience: Modula-2 programmers unfamiliar with Oberon-2, but familiar with object-oriented and extensible programming concepts. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Programming Languages mini-HOWTO |
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Brief comparison of major Linux programming languages C, C++, Fortran, Java, Lisp, Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl; by Risto S. Varanka. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | TMXxine Languages |
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Brief comparison Curl with High Level assembler, BCX, Dark Basic, Mono (C#/.Net implementation), Python, Squeak, XBasic/XBlite. Curl applet examples. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Nine Language Performance Round-up: Benchmarking Math & File I/O |
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Small-scale benchmark test run on 9 languages or variants: Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2, C via gcc 3.3.1, Python 2.3.2 and via Psyco 1.1.1, 4 from Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003: Visual Basic/C#/C++/J#. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | Why I don't use C |
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#A non-compartive critique of the C# language by the creator of the Heron language. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | My Programming Language Crisis |
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Some points on language design by Keith Waclena. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall |
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Shows source code implementation for the same simple program across over 250 different programming languages. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Comparisons of Tcl with Other Systems |
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Many comparisons between Tcl/Tk and other similar systems, most copied from comp.lang.tcl. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Survey of Programming Languages Associated with the Web |
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General feature comparisons, explanations. |
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50) this.border=1" border=0> | An Empirical Comparison of C, C++, Java, Perl, Python, Rexx, and Tcl |
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By Lutz Prechelt. Neutral, quantitative analysis of 7 languages in title, for 7 variables, via 80 implementations of the same requirement set. PDF format. [IEEE Computer] |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | Dylan Competitive Analysis |
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Compares Dylan, Smalltalk, Objective-C, C/C++. Long document. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | VB or not VB |
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Visual Basic, VB.Net critiques in comparison with Delphi and C#. |
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50) this.border=1" border=1> | The C Family of Languages |
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Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, James Gosling. |