From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public From: Matt Corey Subject: Re: English SUCKS, Chinese is the only language you need!! Date: 1997/11/19 Message-ID: <34733BEC.991E4298@itsnet.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 290806693 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <34566fe9.447229@news.mindspring.com> <345673af.1413708@news.mindspring.com> <3456A374.5BF2@public.hz.zj.cn> <347067B8.46@lysator.liu.se> <34722BF5.5B6D@le.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Dr E. Buxbaum wrote: > Ingemar Ragnemalm wrote: > > > Couldn't you at least flame Pascal and ADA in favor of > > something *interesting*, like Forth, Scheme or PDP-11 > > assembler? Joining the majority to flame the minority, > > sheesh. Boring. > > I always thought C WAS the PDP-11 macro assembler! C: The power and functionality of assembly language with the usability and readability of assembly language. ;-) I think Tcl is the only language that anyone will ever need! I haven't been able to do anything in any other language, so Tcl is the only real language. (Never mind the fact the the Tcl library is written in C.) Also, it's Ada, not ADA. That's the people who approve your toothbrushes. :-) A programming language is a tool, just like a hammer. A particular language is suitable for certain problems and domains. I have yet to see anyone write an OS in Tcl or Awk. Does this make them 'worthless' languages? C doesn't support Objects, C++ doesn't have multithreading defined in the language, Ada is perfect - I mean Ada doesn't support the concept of interfaces a la Java, Java doesn't support multiple inheritance directly, and Object Pascal (Delphi) is not portable in any way, shape, or form (pun intended). I use all of these languages extensively and they are all very good languages. If I had to choose one language to use exclusively, I would quit and go work on my '66 Skylark. The analysis and design of a system and the skill of the programmer is implementing this has more to do with software quality than the language chosen. Viva la difference. (Frenglish) Does anyone have a Mandarin chinese keyboard that I can borrow? Matt