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Re (tilly) 3: Perl and Javaby tilly (Archbishop) |
on Apr 03, 2001 at 07:11 UTC ( [id://69184]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Actually if you have been around computers a while it is
immediately apparent upon reading the discussion that the
author of that link has quite a bit more knowledge than the
average, "Language X sucks because" author. Depending on the circles you hang out in, you will also find the author's name immediately recognizable. At least I found it so. In fact that particular page is one that I have seen discussed before. By people with quite a bit of experience in many languages. As a discussion of key mistakes in language design that you want to avoid. Now you may disagree with some of his biases (I know that I do), but there is not one technical criticism he makes that is not worth listening to. So please swallow your criticism, go back to the site, and read it. Feel free to ask for explanations of any of the terms that you do not understand. Feel free to ask for explanations of why the things that he wants would be useful things to have. (And no, Perl does not have all of them. But it does have several.) But take it from me that this is not your random, lame-ass, let's flame a language today, link. And it is not written by a random geek with an opinion and a website. OK, some of the criticisms might be dated now that Java is a little more mature, they are still worth a read.
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