Re: Experiment Proposal re Languages

[Jonas Nygren <ehsjony@ehs.ericsson.se>]

I believe I saw something similar, to what Alan describes below,
in the comp.lang.functional some year(s) ago. I can't remember what
languages were included in the excersise more than C and some
functional language. The C code was never completed I believe and
the functional language, perhaps Haskell, were the most efficient
in terms of man hours spent and lines of code needed.

Perhaps somebody else have a reference to this experiment?

/jonas

Alan Brain wrote:
> 
> Re Language Wars.
> 
> It's my contention that not all languages are created equal. That some
> have definite advantages over others, all other things being equal. For
> example, and to be non-contraversial, programming in binary is likely to
> be less productive than in C, in general. And a language specifically
> tailored to a problem domain is likely to be better than any
> general-purpose language.
> 
> So I'd like to try an experiment.
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